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• Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool that I believe will lead to great progress in our state and
• Artificial intelligence is being used to create non-consensual sexually explicit images and videos that

Bills: HB 115, HB507, HB1765, HB1847, HB2046, HB2239, HB2328, HB2309, HB2417, HB2728, HB2794, HB3206, HB3566, HB3694, HB3744, HB4254, HB4697, HB4733, HB4915, HB5465, HB2813, HB115

Keywords: habeas corpus, postconviction, criminal procedure, indigent defense, scientific evidence, legal representation, judicial power, capital felony, criminal law, death penalty, attorney qualification, training standards, law enforcement, no-knock warrant, search warrant, peace officer, attorney workload, criminal justice, caseload limits, fair representation

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• AND WHAT WE IS WE WILL HAVE IMPROVED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THIS PANTHER
• CARE JUST HAD FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• HB 2592, artificial intelligence state agency rules — Appropriations, Transportation and Technology.
• HB 405, artificial intelligence in public schools — Education.
• HB 2311, artificial intelligence services closer to requirements.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and several guest introductions, including the Doctor of the Day, realtors visiting for Realtor Day, and a representative from Home of Hope. The Senate then handled a large number of bill referrals and second-reading items before moving into Committee of the Whole on multiple calendars. Several bills were advanced with committee and floor amendments, including SB 1494, SB 1497, SB 1503, SB 1535, SB 1544, SB 1580, SB 1582, SB 1584, SB 1585, SB 1602, SB 1632, SB 1723, and SB 1798. Many of the amendments were described as technical cleanups, but some made substantive changes, such as SB 1535’s provisions on sealing records for sex-trafficking victims and SB 1723’s domestic-violence release and monitoring provisions. The Committee of the Whole also adopted a report recommending several bills do pass as amended. The chamber adopted House Concurrent Resolution 264 honoring former Senator Barbara Leff, followed by a moment of silence and remarks from her family. The Senate then returned to Committee of the Whole for Calendar 1, where it retained SB 1332 and advanced SB 1654, SB 1711, SB 1743, SCR 1047, and HB 2993. HB 2993 drew the most debate: opponents argued it had a single-subject problem, relied on funding from the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Fraud Fund, and could create unnecessary outside-counsel costs for DPS, while supporters cited the need for the supplemental and defended the funding approach. The motion to report HB 2993 do pass carried by division, 16-13. In third reading, the Senate passed HB 4115 and a series of Senate bills, including SB 1012, SB 1213, SB 1416, SB 1474, SB 1511, SB 1549, SB 1573, SB 1634, SB 1647, and SB 1649, with several passing on close 16-13 votes. Debate centered heavily on immigration enforcement, concealed carry in businesses serving alcohol, CDL and driver-license issues, campaign finance disclosure, and a digital asset reserve fund. Members on both sides repeatedly explained votes on constitutional, public safety, fiscal, and civil-rights grounds. The session ended with bills transmitted to the House after passage.

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• Thank you, Madam Speaker, and you know at some point we need to get a little bit more Intelligent long-range
• That way you'd have hydrogen generation across the state, and we could facilitate an intelligent next
• I'm for allowing that intelligently, so I'm going to vote green on this.

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• And I know that artificial intelligence slash, you know, technology innovations play a big role in that

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• It has capabilities for video calls for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• for video calls for people capabilities for video calls for people who<01:17:59.239> are<01:17
• <02:41:22.160> of treatment system that that's capable of treatment system that that's capable
• Ben was very intelligent, kind, and caring. He always worked full-time. He had so many interests.
• Ben was very intelligent, kind, and caring. He always worked full-time. He had so many interests.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• science and engineering and are now enrolling students in a new bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence
• this morning, I woke up, went to class, and right now we're really digging deep into artificial intelligence
• Digging a little more into artificial intelligence, I think it's so important to continue to use it,
• this morning, I woke up, went to class, and right now we're really digging deep into artificial intelligence
• Digging a little more into artificial intelligence, I think it's so important to continue to use it,

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• House Bill 455 should pass with House Committee Substitute 1, an act relating to artificial intelligence
• substitute 1, an act relating to substitute 1, an act relating to artificial<00:07:35.360> intelligence
• /c><00:07:36.080> and<00:07:36.319> declaring<00:07:36.720> an artificial intelligence
• and declaring an artificial intelligence and declaring an emergency.<00:07:37.919> The<00:07:
• Speaker, automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, use artificial intelligence to convert a photo of

Keywords: Convene 00:00:00 Senate Message 00:04:53 Calendar/2nd Readings 00:05:27 Report of Committees 00:06:16 Orders of the Day 00:08:42 SB 172 00:08:54 HB 392 00:11:47 HB 529 00:16:02 HB 456 00:22:04 HB 424 00:25:27 HJR 50 00:30:04 HB 577 00:32:29 HB 213 00:36:10 HB 58 00:40:22 HB 10 00:45:23 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 01:04:32 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 01:17:33 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 01:20:15 ConC/Rules Report 01:25:00 Floor Amendments 01:26:56 Adjournment 01:27:21, 958, all

Summary: The House convened with an invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum of 96 members, excused absent members, and approved the prior journal. The chamber also received Senate messages transmitting Senate Bills 969 and 141. Several bills were reported from committee and placed on the calendar, including measures on on-farm animal health, insurance regulation, crimes and punishments, employment, artificial intelligence, utility fuel adjustments, education, and addictive online platforms. The House then took up and passed Senate Bill 172, which allows the Public Service Commission to spread sudden fuel cost spikes over several months to reduce consumer bill shock. It passed 95-0. House Bill 392, dealing with local public agency transactions and procurement, was amended by committee substitute to remove disputed best-value procurement and residential bidder preference provisions, lower the small purchase threshold increase to $50,000, and add indexing and other local purchasing changes; it passed 97-0. House Bill 529, concerning the parole board, was amended to stagger board terms, allow limited term extensions, authorize panel hearings, and adjust parole review timing; it passed 99-0. House Bill 456, relating to unclaimed property and the state treasurer, was passed 100-0 after adding an unclaimed property awareness week, removing a residency requirement for the treasurer, clarifying mineral royalty reporting, and tightening reporting requirements. The House also passed House Bill 424 on social work licensure, which exempts student interns and trainees, sets supervision standards, updates licensure rules including multi-state licensure, background checks, and telehealth, and requires board representation from social work education; it passed 94-0. House Joint Resolution 50, directing a study of child care regulations and processes by the Auditor of Public Accounts, was adopted 98-0. House Bill 577, modernizing economic development statutes by renaming and updating innovation programs, expanding the Kentucky Enterprise Fund, allowing certain out-of-state companies to qualify if they relocate within 180 days, and broadening angel investor participation, passed 98-0. House Bill 213, reducing the service requirement for rehiring retired police officers from 20 to 15 years and allowing local employers to offer health benefits, passed 98-0. House Bill 58, on privacy protection and automated license plate reader data, was taken up with a committee substitute and floor amendment allowing limited data retention and training use under redactions; the transcript cuts off during explanation of the bill after the amendment was adopted.

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• among blue-collar workers, there's sort of an unofficial hierarchy of which ones require the most intelligence
• most hierarchy of which ones require the most hierarchy of which ones require the most intelligence
• :44.640> order<00:22:44.799> to<00:22:44.960> do<00:22:45.520> and intelligence
• in order to do and intelligence in order to do and electricians<00:22:46.480> are<00:22:46.880
• gave characterizations that I believe are crossed the line as a legislator speaking about the intelligence

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Representative Whaley to inquire of anybody that's more intelligent than I am about this bill, please

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Uh, we help cooperative executives lead better through policy intelligence and advocacy, connecting peer
• case where an employer has purchased an AI package and they're unaware of certain things that its capabilities
• taking any of that into account that we're aware of that would protect them from liabilities of capabilities

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They are happy, charismatic, intelligent beings that light up every conversation they have.
• Feel vulnerable and unsafe in public places knowing that there are men who are both capable of such crimes
• A ready and capable military force—that's very difficult.

Bills: SB7, SB14, SB 7, SB 14

Keywords: gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct, abortion, civil liability, abortion-inducing drugs, qui tam actions, Texas Citizens Participation Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, healthcare regulations, impact fees, water conservation, reuse projects

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• .149, sponsored by Capriglione and Schwertner, relating to regulation of the use of artificial intelligence
• Are the FDA and federal laws capable of doing that? No.
• It's not because they're not capable; it's just for whatever reason there's a disparity.

Bills: SB37, SJR84, SJR87, SJR27, SB8, SB10, SB227, SB261, SB15, SB12, SB25, SB57, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB512, SB241, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2035, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB310, SB1346, SB2753, SB2703, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SCR9, SB2405, SB2406, SB2407, SB2166, SB2148, SB535, SB777, SB827, SB1141, SB1330, SB1352, SB1664, SB1862, SB1936, SB1453, SB1448, SB1398, SB2137, SB2111, SB53, SB226, SB1677, SB1723, SB1839, SB36, SB38, SB815, SB1856, SB552, SB646, SB37, SJR84, SJR87, SJR27, SB8, SB10, SB227, SB261, SB15, SB12, SB25, SB57, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB512, SB241, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2035, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB310, SB1346, SB2753, SB2703, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SCR9, HB5560, HB762, HB 107, HB 114, HB300, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323

Keywords: higher education, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council, ombudsman, tax exemption, property tax, homestead, fire damage, constitutional amendment, bail reform, criminal justice, felony offenses, public safety, judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, immigration enforcement, ICE agreements

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• They can confer and get intelligence, whatever strategies from the Secretary of State, but that is not
• They can confer and get get intelligence,<00:40:04.400> whatever<00:40:05.119> uh<00:40
• :05.280> strategies intelligence, whatever uh strategies intelligence, whatever uh strategies

Bills: HB0086

Keywords: county officials, election code, misconduct, removal, government accountability, 916, all

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• possibility of where they're overstaffed, if we can shift some people around and do things more intelligently
• some people around and do<00:22:45.280> things<00:22:45.520> more<00:22:45.760> intelligently
• <00:22:46.799> and<00:22:47.120> be do things more intelligently and be do things more
• intelligently and be better<00:22:47.760> stewards<00:22:48.960> of<00:22:49.440> the

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Apparently there's a lot of other art supplies that are necessary, and so I was working with some very intelligent
• <00:03:46.599> some<00:03:47.120> some<00:03:47.360> very<00:03:47.599> intelligent
• working with some some very intelligent working with some some very intelligent people<00:03:48.439

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Summary: The committee took up House File 737, which would amend Minnesota’s lead- and cadmium-related product restrictions and was re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Finance and Policy. Representative Bjorn Olson said the bill was prompted by a constituent who could no longer make cadmium-based art supplies in Minnesota, and he argued the law unintentionally swept in professional art materials that are used safely and are important to Western art culture. The committee first adopted the author’s A2 amendment, which broadened the bill to include additional exemptions beyond paint and pastels, including certain pens, mechanical pencils, and vehicle keys/key fobs. Testimony in support came from Darren Reenie of Wet Paint Artist Materials and Framing, who said artist paint and related supplies account for a significant share of sales and that the ban threatens independent art supply businesses and artists’ access to essential pigments. Josh Fiser of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation supported the key and key fob exemption, saying the current law is overly broad, exposure risk is minimal, and Minnesota should align with California and European Union standards. Bill Morgan of the Arts and Creative Materials Institute and Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association also supported the amendment, arguing there was little scientific basis for including pens, mechanical pencils, and professional artist materials, and citing prior reviews in the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the European Union. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, through Assistant Commissioner Kirk Kadelka, opposed broad exemptions and emphasized that no amount of lead is safe for children. He said the law was based on evidence from consumer products associated with elevated blood lead levels and argued that safer alternatives exist for many of the items in the amendment, including pens, mechanical pencils, and some key components. He also raised concerns about exposure during production and disposal. Committee members questioned the scope of the exemptions and whether the industry had workable alternatives. The A2 amendment was adopted, and the bill was then advanced for further consideration and re-referred as noted by the chair.

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• But putting it into a system, creating the intelligence as well as the analytics around having all of
• putting it into a system creating the putting it into a system creating the the<00:38:46.280> intelligence
• 47.000> as<00:38:47.119> well<00:38:47.280> as<00:38:47.400> the the intelligence
• as well as the the intelligence as well as the analytics<00:38:48.160> around<00:38:48.480>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee met on February 4, 2025, for decision making on previously heard measures, then later held hearings on additional bills. Early action focused on several measures that were amended and advanced, including SB 161 on state project exemptions from county permitting, which was heavily revised to allow programmatic or project-specific agreements with counties, require public reporting of exempted projects, and create a working group to study broader permitting and construction coordination issues. The committee also advanced SB 635 on energy efficiency with changes shifting survey leadership to the Hawaii State Energy Office, SB 700 on resilience hubs after narrowing it to focus on emergency-service-capable hubs and removing distributed energy language, SB 869 on community outreach boards with a technical amendment, SB 1081 on a legislative budget office by converting it to a feasibility study, SB 711 on gubernatorial appointments with a salary threshold change, SB 405 on neighborhood board agendas with a committee-report note about OIP concerns, SB 381 with privacy issues deferred to Judiciary, SB 2 as a two-year pilot for fruit tree planting in selected districts, SB 239 on disaster preparedness with sheltering revisions, and SB 998 as introduced with a cost estimate for site selection work. Several measures were deferred or not advanced, including SB 615, which was deferred indefinitely, SB 1132, which the chair said would be set aside in favor of another childcare bill, and SB 111, which was not taken up further because of confusion during an earlier hearing. During the later hearing portion, SB 1175 on procurement drew testimony from the State Procurement Office, which supported the bill but corrected its estimated database revision cost from $7,500 to $30,000; the Department of Transportation also appeared, while the General Contractors Association submitted opposition. Committee members questioned whether the past-performance database should include more detailed quality information and whether a one-year post-completion review would be useful, but no amendment was adopted at that time. SB 1587 on retainage received written support from the Subcontractors Association of Hawaii and no opposition in the room. SB 1543 on government accountability, which would require justification for outside consultants and cap consultant spending, drew opposition from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii, which argued it could slow procurement, reduce flexibility, and worsen delays given existing vacancies and limited in-house expertise. The Public First Law Center supported the related transparency bill discussed in the hearing, arguing it would close a loophole by making contractor-created records used in government functions subject to disclosure under UIPA, while the Attorney General’s office opposed it. The transcript ends with that testimony still underway, and no final vote is shown for the later hearing bills.

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• H. 814, an act relating to neurological rights and the use of artificial intelligence technology in health
• technology in health and intelligence technology in health and human<01:30:13.960> services.
• H. 814 is an act relating to neurological rights and the use of artificial intelligence technology in
• I think you're all aware that artificial intelligence is infiltrating just about every aspect of our
• In our discussion, it was made clear to me that part of the intent is to have the intelligence advisory

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• But there is a fair amount of open-source intelligence out there when you Google someone's name, and
• They may have criminal record checks or criminal records that didn't exist in the open-source intelligence
• But there is a fair amount of open-source intelligence out there when you Google someone's name, and
• But there is a fair amount of open-source intelligence out there when you Google someone's name, and
• Um that had criminal record checks or criminal records that didn't exist in the open-source intelligence

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• sure that plan information gets into, we, you know, we collect it in a way that is not consumer intelligible
• 00:20:46.559> is<00:20:46.720> not<00:20:46.960> consumer<00:20:47.440> intelligible
• way that is not consumer intelligible. way that is not consumer intelligible.
• I think if other states could do that, I think certainly our state has the capability to.

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