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• That you talk about item two, the research development and deployment fund, sorry, for 111 million.
• One, the research development deployment fund, while soliciting RFIs right now, will have broad autonomy
• Similarly, the vision for quantum is to be able to make data centers in artificial intelligence deployment
• Artificial intelligence deployment is exponentially more efficient.

Bills: SB151, HB8, SB177

Keywords: corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials

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• But for us, as they build up and we can do less, less deployments when they're on, when they're assigned
• They work, it's a 9-day deployment, so they get 2 days of 24 hours of straight overtime.
• exhaustion, and particularly with DPS, number of moves back and forth and, you know, temporary deployments
• I, I can, we, we've adjusted many times and, and we're used to deployments, hurricanes, wildfires, border

Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security held its first hearing of the 89th legislative session, established a quorum, welcomed new and returning members, and adopted the committee rules without objection. The chair said the hearing would be limited to invited state agency witnesses and was intended as a status update for new members on current border operations, especially in light of the change in federal administration. Testimony came from the Office of the Attorney General, Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Military Department. The Attorney General’s representative said border-related litigation is largely in a holding pattern while the new U.S. Department of Justice awaits additional leadership, and noted prior cases involving concertina wire, buoys, and the CBP One app. DPS described Operation Lone Star’s evolution from filling gaps when Border Patrol was overwhelmed to current operations focused on interdiction, criminal arrests, fentanyl and meth seizures, and national security concerns, while also noting improved morale and more voluntary deployments as border pressure has eased. The Texas Military Department reported more than 5,000 personnel on state active duty, extensive use of barriers, drones, boats, and rapid-response forces, and said Operation Lone Star has resulted in more than 531,000 apprehensions and a 90% reduction in illegal crossings. Members and witnesses discussed whether the state should maintain its current border-security footprint while federal policy settles, with the chair emphasizing preserving institutional knowledge and leaving tactical decisions to the governor. Questions also covered trooper fatigue, Border Patrol training under SB 602, and concerns about cartel-driven commercial trucking and fuel depots near the border. The committee heard that Border Patrol training with DPS has resumed, and the chair asked agencies to keep the Legislature informed as legal and operational circumstances change. No bills were heard and no votes were taken beyond adopting the committee rules.

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• So our 34th Infantry Division recently returned from Operation Spartan Shield, the deployment to the
• Our 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth recently returned from a deployment to Kadena, Japan, supporting
• And then we have our First Armor Brigade Combat Team, two task forces, which will do two deployments,
• <00:18:39.280> uh recently returned from a deployment uh recently returned from a deployment
• <00:19:22.159> what<00:19:22.320> we economy uh future deployments what we economy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• this at the state, there's a broad bipartisan support for nuclear energy and the, uh, and, uh, deployment
• tax credits that have been put into place, and that would have devastating, uh, effects on the deployment
• Many of these are planned for deployment in Texas.

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• important message that Minnesota will not allow its tax base to be eroded by temporary federal deployments
• hundreds of thousands of dollars in administrative and public safety costs associated with their deployment
• sends an important message: Minnesota will not allow its tax base to be eroded by temporary federal deployments
• base to be eroded by<00:37:26.880> temporary<00:37:27.359> federal<00:37:27.760> deployments
• <00:37:28.160> that by temporary federal deployments that by temporary federal deployments

Bills: HF3611, HF3659, HF3909

Keywords: taxation, income tax, damage awards, sexual harassment, abuse claims, immigration enforcement, taxpayers, file income tax return, Minnesota-source income, tax regulations, detention facilities, gross revenues, private prisons, Minnesota law, 1183, house

Summary: The committee first approved the March 3, 2026 minutes and then laid over House File 3611 for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Representative Finke described HF 3611 as creating a state income tax withholding deduction for damages awarded to individuals in lawsuits against federal agents such as ICE or CBP, including emotional and financial awards. There was no public testimony or member discussion on the bill before it was laid over. The committee then took up House File 3909, which Representative Hansen said would impose a 50% tax on the gross receipts of detention centers operated by private nongovernmental entities. Hansen argued the measure would recapture public money, deter what he characterized as misuse of taxpayer dollars, and target profits made by private detention contractors such as GEO Group and CoreCivic. He also cited projected revenues and profits for those companies and said the bill was a response to human rights and civil rights concerns tied to private detention operations. Testimony on HF 3909 included support from Nancy Fitz Simmons, a Minnesota State University, Mankato social work professor, who said social workers see the effects of these issues across the state and that the bill could return money to Minnesotans in need. Representative Swedzinski opposed the bill’s impact on the Appleton facility and emphasized local jobs and economic opportunity, while Representative Lee said Minnesota should seek better economic options than jail-related work. Representative Holland supported the bill as a way to offset costs to families and the state from detentions and deportations. Representative Weiner questioned the bill’s revenue potential and criticized the 50% gross-receipts tax as politicizing taxes. Representative Hansen responded that similar proposals were being explored in Washington and California and that the bill was intended to stand up to large corporate interests. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill.

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• You also see that the LFC put in additional funding for Outdoor Equity Research Development and Deployment
• Next page, SB 170, that is The utility pre-deployment bill that was passed as well this last session.
• This is to leverage federal dollars for deployment in New Mexico specifically.
• Our $5 million additional funds helps us maximize those, especially with the growing demand and deployment
• You know, the R&D might be done in Albuquerque or Socorro or In the labs or in MSU, the deployment of

Keywords: 996, all

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• We have two units, as you all should be tracking, that have been part of our annual deployment cycles
• Given the scope of the conflict right now, is there anything that would inhibit that deployment of them
• not, again, not to Epic Fury relative to Iran, but we do have notification of sourcing of future deployments

Keywords: House Committee Room A, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• states have focused on public-private partnerships and initiatives to foster AI innovation and deployment
• 205, which is a comprehensive AI law that applies to high-risk systems and requires developers and deployers
• The new law adds requirements for developers and deployers: they must disclose known or inappropriate

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Arizona House Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Committee heard a presentation from Adam Cook Hook of the National Conference of State Legislatures on recent AI policy trends across the states. He described how AI has rapidly become a major legislative issue, with all 50 states plus several territories introducing AI bills in 2025, and noted that states have created AI-focused committees, task forces, inventories, impact assessments, procurement rules, and government pilot projects. Examples discussed included state efforts in Colorado, Kentucky, West Virginia, Hawaii, Arkansas, Ohio, and others, along with NCSL resources such as its AI legislation database and policy toolkit. Much of the discussion focused on deepfakes, elections, and synthetic media. Hook said many states have enacted disclosure requirements or prohibitions for AI-generated political messaging, and have also passed laws addressing sexually explicit deepfakes, nonconsensual intimate images, and commercial use of a person’s likeness, voice, or image. Members asked about the best state approaches to protecting likeness rights, how parody and satire affect deepfake laws, and whether such laws can avoid First Amendment problems. Hook pointed to recent court cases in California and Hawaii that struck down some deepfake laws as overly broad, especially where they lacked parody/satire exceptions or allowed too broad a private right of action. The committee also asked about practical government uses of AI, including retrieval-augmented chatbots used by agencies such as Montana’s Ethics Commission and the Ohio Secretary of State to help answer public questions or guide election officials. Hook said states are pursuing both regulation and innovation, citing comprehensive laws in Colorado, Utah, California, and Texas that combine disclosure, risk assessment, and anti-discrimination requirements with innovation efforts such as sandboxes and state support for AI research. No bills were heard or voted on, and the meeting ended with the chair thanking the presenter and adjourning the committee.

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• Our plan is there will be no more deployments from out of region, region 3, region 4 will be so. sufficient
• with with routine DPS you know we're still gonna have drugs, gangs, crime, smugglers, but no more deployment
• When they're on OLS deployment, they're working a nine-day routine.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And I'd be remiss if I also didn't note that this is going to be my first deployment as a dad, and it's
• going to be my first deployment as a husband.
• I speak today on Amendment 1, which would prohibit the deployment by another state's National Guard into
• Texas happily offered their National Guard up for federal deployment to Illinois, and we saw six states

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate began with routine formalities, then took up several final-passage and engrossment matters. It adopted emergency preambles for House Bill 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwanek, and House Bill 1024, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer service to a parcel in Sharon. The Senate also passed to be enacted Senate Bill 2528, allowing Marblehead to establish fines related to parking violations, and adopted a pair of congratulatory resolutions. Later, it ordered several House bills to third reading, including measures for an additional off-premises alcohol license in Somerset and sick leave banks for David A. Russell and Jean McCarran, and concurred in a gubernatorial amendment to a vital statistics bill. The chamber then considered major committee reports and amendments on military and veterans issues. It advanced a Ways and Means substitute for a bill on free expression and a substitute for a bill on assault and battery upon a transit worker, placing both on the Orders of the Day. The Senate also debated and amended Senate Bill 2503, the EASE Act for military-connected families, with remarks emphasizing school stability for military children, special education continuity, juvenile justice transfers, and use of military protective orders in domestic violence cases. Several proposed amendments were withdrawn or rejected, including tax relief proposals for 100% disabled veterans, while an amendment requiring tracking of veteran suicides was adopted. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed by roll call, 39-0. Another major item was Senate Bill 2501, clarifying the duties of the adjutant general. The Senate adopted a Ways and Means substitute and considered multiple amendments, including one withdrawn proposal on entry by non-federalized armed forces from other jurisdictions and another adopted amendment requiring recruit training on lawful orders; other amendments were withdrawn. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed House Bill 3388, designating September 22 as Military Service Members and Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day. Throughout the session, members also offered and adopted several adjournment motions honoring the lives and service of Judge Leslie E. Harris, former Newton Mayor Seyi Warren, and Anthony P. Dwingnan, and the Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.

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• once our last program, which is an acronym that stands for BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment
• This graph shows the deployment of those funds by fiscal year.
• federal government and NTIA is called BEAD, as I mentioned, broadband equity, application, and deployment
• But it's not the kind of service you get with a fiber deployment, right?

Keywords: 914, all

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• MUTUAL AID PORTAL INSIDE OF DENNY'S TO STREAMLINE THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS AND TRACK THAT RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT
• WE HAVE RECEIVED OR I'M SORRY OUR DEPLOYMENT WE'VE RECEIVED THAT ASSISTANCE SO 8505 PERSONNEL.
• , CHECK THE EQUIPMENT, WATCH THEM IN AN EXERCISE, THEN WE PUT THEM ON THE LIST FOR ELIGIBLE FOR DEPLOYMENT
• THE COST THAT YOU PROVIDED, THE ESTIMATED COST FOR SOME OF THESE DEPLOYMENTS, I AM ASSUMING THE WAY YOU

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• evidence-based clinical services enhancing resource access through behavioral health, navigation and deployment
• Disaster deployments highlight our partnership with the Florida Firefighter Safety and Health Collaborative
• unit is an asset designed to provide on so site support during high stress incidents and disaster deployments
• responder peer needs to have taken one of those classes in order to be eligible for these disaster deployments

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But this is a bill that is the result of the Thermal Energy Network Deployment Work Group and months
• It's important that we have a site selected that will lead to successful deployment.
• And we are in the successful deployment.
• TENS deployment at utility scale represent a pivotal opportunity to transition these crucial members
• TENS deployment at utility networks.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• based on deployment schedules.
• of the notice of deployment explicitly of the notice of deployment explicitly confirming<00:56:19.680
• deployed or involved with a deployment deployed or involved with a deployment that<00:56:30.000>
• <00:57:59.839> to extremely uncommon for a deployment to extremely uncommon for a deployment
• <00:58:23.079> um deployment um deployment um schedules<00:58:25.839> every<00:58:25.960

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This bill, like the one before it, requires pre- and post-deployment notification for employees and the
• This bill, like the one before it, requires pre- and post-deployment notification for employees and the
• This bill, like the one before it, requires pre- and post-deployment notification for employees and the
• This bill, like the one before it, requires pre- and post-deployment notification for employees and the
• requires pre- and post-deployment requires pre- and post-deployment notification<00:25:36.640>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• look at this data here, we're seeing 91% fewer injuries or other types of accidents, 79% fewer deployments
• This is a chart that shows the United States and the different states that have autonomous vehicle deployment
• There are 25 other states beyond New Mexico that have autonomous vehicle deployment statutes.
• You have an incredibly strong AV deployment statute that really takes a lot of learnings from other states
• No, New Mexico allows for deployment as well.

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• AI, which there is no commonly agreed-to definition globally across academics, model developers, deployers
• They cover high-risk AI systems guidelines for deployment of generative AI, specifically how we work
• If AI development and deployment are left unchecked, the potential dangers to humanity could be wide-ranging
• And as you said, Chair Ryu, we are the implementer of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
• There’s some updated guidance as well around community anchor institution definitions, non-deployment

Summary: The committee held a work session focused on technology in government, AI, broadband, and digital equity. Seattle CTO Rob Lloyd described the city’s AI strategy, emphasizing responsible use, privacy, security, community input, and data strategy. He said Seattle is using small pilots and partnerships to test AI for tasks such as public records processing, infrastructure inspection, and permitting, while keeping humans as the final decision-makers. Members asked about bias, liability, training on best practices, labor involvement, and public records; Lloyd said AI should remain an assistant tool, not a replacement for human judgment, and that Seattle is still testing solutions for records requests and permitting. WATech CTO Nick Stow and Deputy Director Mark Quimby discussed the state’s broader AI policy, the generative AI executive order, a sandbox with more than 15 agencies, and use cases including a resident portal, cybersecurity, and wildfire detection. They stressed consent, closed systems, human-centered design, and the need to govern all forms of AI, not just generative AI. Committee members raised concerns about federal data access, labor issues, and wildfire detection effectiveness. Spokane County IT staff described a more restrictive approach to AI, citing privacy, bias, and cyber risks. The county standardized on Microsoft Copilot as its only approved chat-style AI tool, blocked other AI chat platforms, and requires human review of all AI-generated content. They said AI is also being used by criminals for phishing and deepfakes, underscoring the need for strong policy and security controls. The committee also received an update from the Attorney General’s AI Task Force. Yuki Ishizuka said the task force has 19 members and eight subcommittees covering ethics, consumer protection, labor, health care, public safety, education, government efficiency, cybersecurity, and industry/energy. The task force is working toward an interim report due December 1, 2025 and a final report due July 1, 2026, and is reviewing recommendations through public forums and advisory committees. Ishizuka warned that a federal budget reconciliation provision could bar states from enforcing AI regulations for 10 years, and several members voiced support for state authority and asked about possible 2026 legislation. The committee then heard updates on broadband and digital equity. Commerce’s Dave Pringle said the BEAD broadband program is being reshaped by new NTIA guidance, which removed or reduced emphasis on several prior priorities, and Washington is now working under an expedited process to submit its state application by September 4. He noted that no projects have been built yet, that four counties did not receive applications in round two, and that the state is trying to keep applicants engaged through office hours and a shortened review window. The Office of Equity and the Digital Equity Forum reported increased participation, new members, and ongoing outreach to tribal, rural, and underserved communities, while previewing recommendations such as creating an interdepartmental digital equity team and improving data use. Finally, Lumen’s Robert Thoms described private-sector broadband deployment challenges, including permitting, regulation, and the economics of extending fiber, while noting continued investment in overbuild projects, a $30 low-cost service option tied to the former ACP, and work with the state, tribes, and libraries. No votes were taken; the meeting consisted of presentations and member questions.

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• As a young man in Texas, and as a SEAL on deployment, he embraced risk and embodied the quiet strength
• This is his first deployment when this incident occurred.
• This was his first deployment. He didn't think twice. He went in to save his teammate, his brother.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• First, HB 149 fills the Texan leadership void on AI by focusing on a human-centric design and deployment
• This is going to continue to grow as companies continue. and deployment of AI, and Texas in particular
• terms with current data. privacy statutes, add clarity to AG enforcement, and clarify the intent of deployers

Bills: HB12, HB149, HB12, HB149, SB229, SB1361, SB1749, SB1897, SB2113, SB2566, SB2677, SB1652, SB2327, SB2344, SB2696

Keywords: election law, attorney general, prosecution, criminal offenses, law enforcement, jurisdiction, voter fraud, local prosecuting attorney, public safety, communication, governor approval, interoperability, political subdivision, radio systems, artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance