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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • No, our data shows that's not true. I'd love to see the reports. You should.
  • I think the issue there is the data that’s being used and how it’s being interpreted.
  • I'm sorry, but that's only my opinion, but I think that data could probably exist.
  • These data are publicly available at the lab's utility disconnections dashboard.
  • Among other things, the data dashboard highlights the importance of high-quality data collection provisions
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several energy-related bills, with the main focus on H. 3534/S. 2255, which would ban or sharply restrict residential third-party electric suppliers, and on related reform proposals. Supporters included the Attorney General’s office, municipal and regional planning officials, environmental justice groups, consumer advocates, and city officials from Boston and Chelsea. They argued that the residential competitive supply market has produced higher bills, deceptive sales tactics, auto-renewals into higher rates, and disproportionate harm to low-income residents, seniors, communities of color, and people with limited English. Witnesses cited AG reports estimating hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges over time, described door-to-door and storefront marketing abuses, and said municipal aggregation programs have saved residents money while offering more stable rates. Several supporters said the Legislature should either ban residential competitive supply or adopt strong guardrails such as ending automatic renewals, banning incentive-based commissions, and capping rates relative to basic service. Opponents or industry representatives from the Retail Energy Advancement League, Vistra, and Constellation argued that the market can provide savings, longer-term price stability, and value-added products such as renewable options and time-of-use offerings. They said Massachusetts has already improved consumer protections through DPU proceedings, that complaints are relatively few compared with the size of the market, and that a ban would eliminate consumer choice. They also defended direct sales and commissions as normal features of a retail market, while saying they would support additional protections, licensing, bonding, and stronger oversight of bad actors. Committee members pressed both sides on whether the market truly saves money, whether automatic renewals should be banned, and whether the AG’s proposed reforms would be enough. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3972, a bill to extend utility shutoff protections during extreme heat, with Rep. Mindy Domb arguing that Massachusetts should treat extreme heat like extreme cold and protect customers facing financial hardship. Rep. Barrett also testified for H. 3450, a municipal broadband/right-of-way bill, arguing that communities need easier and cheaper access to utility poles and public rights of way to build municipal broadband. In addition, Senate Majority Leader Creem testified for S. 2239, which would bar utilities from recovering ratepayer funds for lobbying, promotions, trade association dues, and similar expenses. No votes were taken during the hearing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 10th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, the harvest data, location data collected from the digital tagging from down to the pinpoint
  • of latitude and longitude, as well as the data from the mandatory and voluntary reporting is subject
  • If people feel that their data is not protected, they may stop using the digital tagging system or provide
  • the confidence to continue to use digital tagging, which helps parks and wildlife collect accurate data
  • However, most of the time, the data was summarized on a county level. level which was adequate from a
Bills: SCR13, SB1248
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 10th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, harvest data and location data collected through digital tagging include pinpoint latitude
  • and longitude, along with data from mandatory and voluntary reporting.
  • That location data, down to the pinpoint of latitude and longitude, as well as data from mandatory and
  • If people feel their data is not protected, they may stop using the digital tagging system or provide
  • However, most of the time the data was summarized.
Bills: SCR13, SB1248
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met without a quorum at first, then later established quorum and proceeded with testimony and votes. Senate Bill 1248, by Chair Perry, was explained as a narrow Open Records Act exception to protect harvest report location data collected through Texas Parks and Wildlife’s digital tagging system. Support testimony came from Matt Wagner of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, who said the bill would protect private land and sensitive biological information while preserving useful wildlife data. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending until later in the meeting. The committee then heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, which urges the State Department and the International Boundary and Water Commission to press Mexico to comply with the 1944 Water Treaty and deliver its share of Rio Grande water. Senator Hinojosa, farmers, municipal officials, and other witnesses described severe water shortages in South Texas, low reservoir levels, crop losses, the closure of the Valley sugar industry, and the need for alternative supplies such as desalination, reuse, and drainage-runoff projects. Members also discussed treaty enforcement, regional drought, and the role of cartels and Mexican water storage, while emphasizing that Texas must also invest in its own water infrastructure. The committee also considered Senate Bill 740, which the committee substitute amended to require the Public Utility Commission to adopt a standardized application form for system improvement charges and complete related rulemaking by September 1, 2026, applying only to applications filed on or after that date. Members discussed concerns about water wholesalers using the process to delay cases and drive up costs, and the need for more transparency and PUC resources. The committee voted to adopt the substitute and report SB 740 favorably. After returning to the earlier items, the committee voted SB 1248 out favorably and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar, and voted SCR 13 out favorably as well. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/18/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • ensures that private data stays private during the data challenge appeals process.
  • ensures that private data stays private during the data challenge appeals process.
  • as non-public or private data.
  • data on every purchase we make, so they can data mine that and resell that for a profit.
  • <01:26:07.800> is the data Practices Act if the data is the data Practices Act if the data
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • ." data." data."
  • Data brokers are in the business of scraping data from any and all websites.
  • Data brokers are in the business of scraping data from any and all websites.
  • Um, the data, uh, um, companies or the data, uh, um, companies.
  • data.
Bills: HF3794, HF3408
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from March 3, 2026, and then received a presentation from the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General on the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act. Assistant Attorney General Caitlin Miko and Deputy Attorney General Jessica Whitney reviewed the law’s scope, consumer rights, business obligations, and enforcement history. They said the law took effect July 31, 2025, gives Minnesotans rights to access, delete, and opt out of sale, profiling, and targeted advertising, and is enforced by the Attorney General with penalties up to $7,500 per violation. They reported more than 200 complaints in the first six months, many warning letters, and a shift from education to active enforcement now that the initial warning-letter period has expired. Committee members asked about how the universal opt-out works, what happens when companies deny deletion or editing requests, how the office determines willful noncompliance, and whether the law could burden small businesses. The AG’s office said the opt-out can be set through privacy-protective browsers or extensions, companies must respond to consumer requests within 45 days, small businesses are exempt as defined by the SBA, and investigations look for patterns and evidence of willful conduct rather than minor technical violations. The office also said it needs additional funding to fully staff enforcement efforts and noted that it has already issued subpoenas and civil investigative demands. The committee then took up House File 3408, the Stop Grocery Surveillance Price Gouging Act. The author explained that the bill would prohibit retail grocers, physical and online, from setting individualized prices based on consumer information, would limit certain uses of facial recognition and electronic shelf labels, and would preserve narrow exceptions for discounts and loyalty programs. Public testimony followed from the Minnesota Farmers Union in support, arguing that grocery consolidation and surveillance pricing could worsen already high food costs and harm fair competition. The Minnesota Grocers Association opposed the premise that grocery stores use surveillance pricing, said shelf prices are generally uniform and set from a single storewide database, and argued electronic shelf labels are efficient and not nefarious. A technology company representative similarly said ESLs do not use personal data or facial recognition, prices are uniform, and a 2025 study found no meaningful price increases after ESL adoption. The bill was laid over for possible further discussion after the testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/20/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's really a data bill.
  • they do need certain data.
  • states already that are sharing data states already that are sharing data from<00:37:44.760>
  • with OD map that deidentified EMS data with OD map that data<00:38:46.520> that<00:38:46.640>
  • > things<00:38:47.800> like data that data is limited to things like data that data is
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • the broad data set.
  • data analytics across the broad data data analytics across the broad data set.<00:36:15.359>
  • those who hold the data.
  • those who hold the data.
  • those who hold the data.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • acquire, store, process, manage, use, maintain, display, distribute, dispose of, transmit, or retrieve data
Bills: SB156, SB467
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/13/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • She said the goal is to make family unit private data private.
  • She said that is a general protection for private data that exists in the Government Data Practices Act
  • > data<00:28:40.799> Practices in the government data Practices in the government data
  • Representative Stier said, “I think this bill is about parent data that’s more on the student data level
  • > yeah<00:37:13.280> you the student data level um but yeah you the student data level
Bills: HF1027, HF101, HF1021
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • Data centers and warehousing have all begun to drive our economy.
  • So we got into the data warehouse systems business.
  • I am a very data-driven person, and the data is extremely clear.
  • He is data-driven, I'm going to attest to that, and... He is data-driven.
  • So, but we can pull that data, absolutely.
Summary: The committee heard a presentation from New Core Steel on its Arizona operations, emphasizing its Kingman facility, recycled-scrap steel production, high-paying jobs, safety improvements, veteran hiring, community investments, and support for infrastructure projects. Members asked about safety gains, expansion plans, scrap sources, and average pay. The company said it has invested heavily in Arizona and asked legislators to consider local steel and manufacturing when funding transportation and infrastructure projects. The committee then took up several bills. HB 2574 would delay ADOT enforcement of a traffic judgment while an appeal is pending; the sponsor and a witness said it would close a due-process gap, and it passed 7-0. HB 2057 would lower the fee for Arizona Centennial special plates for fleet vehicles to encourage more purchases supporting the Arizona Mining, Mineral, Natural Resource Education Museum; it also passed 7-0 after discussion about possibly expanding the concept to other specialty plates. HB 2109 would raise penalties for repeat distracted-driving violations and add an enhanced penalty when a violation results in a motorcycle crash. The sponsor and motorcycle advocates argued stronger fines are needed, but several members also wanted an education component; the committee agreed to work on a COW amendment and the bill passed 7-0. HB 2317, which would bar local governments from prohibiting cruising, drew strong testimony both for and against: supporters framed cruising as cultural and historical, while opponents from neighborhoods and law enforcement described congestion, blocked streets, sanitation issues, and safety concerns. The chair held the bill for further work. The committee also heard HB 2003, which would lower the age to get an instruction permit to 15 and extend permit periods and supervised-driving requirements; the sponsor and a motorcycle advocate said more supervised time would improve teen safety, while some members expressed concern about lowering the age and wanted to discuss changes before moving it forward.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/4/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • He said you not only have to provide access to the requested data, but you have to organize your data
  • <01:20:11.360> under and a a failure to produce data under and a a failure to produce data
  • I mean, the case says your remedy is with the Data Practices Act, and the Data Practices Act is where
  • I mean, the case says your remedy is with the Data Practices Act, and the Data Practices Act is where
  • I mean, the case says your remedy is with the Data Practices Act, and the Data Practices Act is where
Bills: HF390, HF1202, HF550
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Housing Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • accountability, transparency Equity, affordability, anti-displacement, accountability, transparency, and data
  • We’re also very actively involved in housing policy and housing data.
  • We established something called the Center for Housing Data in 2017.
  • and from the data folks at HLC on that report, we would be happy to arrange that for the committee.
  • We also have a real estate brokerage, and I have had my real estate license for 23 years, and I had to
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing opened its second hearing of the session with remarks from Chairs Haggerty and Cyr emphasizing that the hearing was a broad look at Massachusetts’ housing crisis rather than a single bill. They highlighted topics including zoning, permitting, rental assistance, public housing, homelessness prevention, and housing production. The first witness, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Augustus, reviewed implementation of the Affordable Homes Act and the state’s new housing plan, citing a 1.6% vacancy rate, a projected need for 222,000 new homes over 10 years, and ongoing efforts such as ADUs by right, fair housing enforcement, eviction record sealing, seasonal communities planning, and new funding for affordable housing, public housing, and the Momentum Fund. He also discussed infrastructure support for municipalities, technical assistance for ADUs, and concerns about possible federal funding cuts. Committee members questioned the secretary about ADU financing and technical assistance, the likely unit yield from the Affordable Homes Act, infrastructure barriers in suburban and rural communities, public housing waitlist management, supportive housing, and federal budget risks. MassNAHRO then testified that public housing authorities are facing rising operating and capital costs, a statewide waitlist nearing 300,000, and uncertainty over federal Section 8 and HUD funding. Witnesses described recent state support for operating subsidies, capital improvements, vacancy turnover teams, and resident service coordinators, while warning that proposed federal cuts could sharply affect voucher issuance and agency operations. CDAC’s executive director Roger Herzog described the agency’s role as a quasi-public source of early-stage financing and technical assistance for nonprofit housing developers, noting its loan capital, supportive housing bond programs, home modification loans, and preservation work under Chapter 40T. He said CDAC has helped produce or preserve more than 55,000 units and stressed the importance of patient capital and preservation tools. CHAPA CEO Rachel Heller urged the committee to focus on production, preservation, planning, and political will, supporting goals for affordability, supportive housing, and homeownership, and endorsing policy changes such as YIGBY, clearer site plan review rules, stronger fair housing funding, and more support for vouchers and public housing. MassHousing then outlined its financing role, including mortgage lending, down payment assistance, the Community Climate Bank, and the Momentum Fund, while noting that permitting delays, capital gaps, and possible federal changes could affect production. Members also asked about transparency, prevailing wage compliance, and a recent internal restructuring related to diversity and business engagement.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 17th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • from law enforcement. the data from law enforcement.
  • The report annually already has to be given to Aaliyah, along with all the other reporting data that
  • local law enforcement has. data that local law enforcement have to give anyway.
  • These people were illegal, but you don't have any data on the number of crimes during that. data on the
  • The same data that shows that this holiday would not break the bank was there when we sponsored this
Keywords: 1136, house, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our our data are present these data.
  • If our levels of data. Aggregate data.
  • to those data.
  • access to those data. Maybe uh making access to those data.
  • sets, access to data, and what are we using the data for.
Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services met to approve the June 18 minutes and hear introductory remarks from new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Family Services Dr. Steven Stack and new Department for Public Health Commissioner Dr. John Langfeld. Both described their backgrounds and emphasized a shared focus on using health data to improve quality, coordination, and outcomes across Kentucky. They highlighted the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHI) as a central tool for connecting hospitals, labs, providers, public health systems, Medicaid, and other state and federal data sources, and said the system supports notifications, immunization records, surveillance, and care coordination. They also outlined priorities such as continued investment in KHI, stronger interoperability, privacy protections, and expanded analytic capacity to turn data into action. Committee members then asked about COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and informed consent, particularly for pregnant women and children. Dr. Stack said informed consent should come through a licensed health care provider, that Kentucky did not mandate the COVID vaccine, and that the evidence still supports vaccination for high-risk groups, including pregnant women, citing professional medical guidance. A follow-up exchange focused on concerns about past vaccine policies and the need for patients to receive full information before making decisions. Senator Heron asked how KIPRC/KIPR could be used to address firearm injuries. Dr. Langfeld said the key opportunity is to make data more real-time and usable for day-to-day response, while Dr. Stack said the department would continue its long-standing partnership with KIPRC and noted his view that gun violence is a public health emergency. He added, however, that because firearms are a deeply divided issue, the Department for Public Health’s current role is mainly to make data available for authorized research rather than to take a broader policy role. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • That metric data is considered non-public data.
  • data.
  • is non-public data.
  • That metric data is non-public data.
  • data should be non-public<00:40:39.440> data.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 7th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • by Barry, relating to the authority of the Office of the Public Utility Council to access certain data
  • to authorizing the use of global privacy controls to protect the consumer's personal information. data
  • by Bojanic relates to the disclosure and use of privacy controls to protect the consumer's personal data
  • HB5589 relates to the ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of real property used by data
  • centers and intangible personal property utilized by the data centers to meet energy demands for the
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Housing Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • And you don't need data to prove that. I lived it.
  • We just recently passed a ban on brokerage fees in Massachusetts.
  • In this process, tenants become Sensitive data into a centralized database.
  • Our data mirrors national trends.
  • But then I looked into the data, and I saw that the opposite is true.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing held a hybrid hearing on a broad slate of landlord-tenant and home rule bills, with most testimony focused on rent stabilization, tenant opportunity to purchase (TOPA), tenant fees, access to counsel, algorithmic rent fixing, and tenant protections in subsidized housing. Chairs Cyr and Haggerty outlined the hearing procedures and noted that written testimony could also be submitted. Several members and invited speakers emphasized that the committee was hearing from both local officials and residents affected by housing instability, especially in Somerville and other communities facing high rents and displacement. Supporters of rent stabilization and local-option rent control argued that Massachusetts needs tools to prevent displacement while new housing is built. Senator Eldridge, Senator Jalen, Somerville officials, tenant organizers, and residents described steep rent increases, no-fault evictions, and the loss of naturally occurring affordable housing. Somerville’s home rule petition was described as allowing annual increases tied to CPI plus 2%, capped at 5%, with exemptions for owner-occupied two- and three-family homes and a 15-year exemption for new construction. TOPA supporters said it would let tenants or their designees buy buildings before speculative buyers, preserving affordable housing stock; opponents, including small landlords and property managers, argued rent control would reduce supply, discourage investment, and that TOPA could delay sales and harm properties. The committee also heard testimony on bills to curb junk fees and regulate tenant charges, including limits on late fees, lease renewal fees, payment portal fees, attorney’s fees, and other add-on charges. Advocates said these fees can add hundreds of dollars a month and disproportionately harm low-income renters and renters of color. Another major topic was algorithmic rent fixing: Senator Moore and Representative Sabadoza said landlords should not use software such as RealPage to coordinate pricing, citing federal antitrust actions and arguing that competition is essential to lowering rents. Additional testimony supported a statewide right to counsel in eviction cases, with legal services providers saying representation dramatically improves outcomes and can save the state money, and a bill to create an office of tenant protections to better enforce sanitary code violations. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)

Resources, Recreation and Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I feel like there is knowing what I do know about carbon markets and brokerage and stock and trading
  • <00:30:54.080> and<00:30:55.200> stock<00:30:55.679> and markets and brokerage
  • and stock and markets and brokerage and stock and trading.<00:30:56.960> Um<00:30:57.360>
  • And you can look at our data from CGOX in where you see the wetland and water level monitoring to see
  • And you can look at our data process.
Keywords: 1189, house, all