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AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • Fraud has evolved into organized, technology-driven schemes that target seniors, small businesses, and
  • They are constantly deploying new technology. They spend a lot of that money in technology.
  • They are constantly deploying new technology. They spend a lot of that money in technology.
  • Paul, you muted yourself or some kind of technological mess-up?
  • “One of the advances of technology and how it’s helping serve and reach customers safer and easier.
Summary: A joint House-Senate Insurance and Commerce meeting focused on the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas, with members hearing from bankers, regulators, law enforcement, AARP, and mortgage and insurance industry representatives. Witnesses described a wide range of scams, including spoofed bank calls and texts, fake websites and social media impersonation, romance and investment scams, business email compromise, gift card fraud, check fraud, wire fraud, reverse mortgage scams, and crypto kiosk schemes. Several speakers emphasized that fraud is increasingly organized, technology-driven, and amplified by artificial intelligence, and that seniors are disproportionately targeted and often suffer the largest losses. Testimony highlighted both prevention and recovery efforts. Bankers said institutions spend heavily on training, customer education, and fraud detection, but often cannot stop losses once customers have been convinced to authorize transfers. The Attorney General’s office described its Consumer Protection Division, a new Financial Fraud Task Force, and examples of recovering funds quickly from crypto kiosk and wire fraud cases. The State Bank Department and Securities Department said Arkansas’s 2025 crypto ATM legislation and related education requirements have helped, and they urged continued public education. The Insurance Department reported major insurance-fraud trends, including fake insurance cards, forged policies, premium-finance schemes, and staged auto accidents, and said it prosecutes these cases aggressively. Members asked about reporting scams, the security of tap payments, how fraud losses are tracked, the role of crypto kiosks, and whether Arkansas should pursue model legislation or stronger action against telecom and social media companies. Witnesses said tap payments are generally safer than chip or swipe, that crypto transfers are often unrecoverable, and that spoofed caller ID and impersonation ads remain major problems. Paul Benda of the American Bankers Association urged state and federal action against telecom and social media platforms and supported national scam legislation. No new bills were voted on at the meeting, but members approved the November 3, 2025 minutes and several witnesses offered to share model legislation, consumer education materials, and state-by-state fraud data with the committee.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Commerce and Tourism Feb 4th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • And with the increase in blockchain tracing technology, that percentage of fraudulent transactions should
  • that combines an aircraft as an advanced aviation surveillance technology that combines an aircraft
  • I'm personally boycotting any aircraft that is using, or any airport using, this technology for landing
  • Our debate is not landing fees; it's using this technology to collect them.
  • And this technology is being such a game changer that we are now taking air traffic that used to fit
Summary: The committee first took up SB 1236, which would condition state economic development incentives on employers at subsidized companies using secret-ballot union elections and prohibiting neutrality agreements. The sponsor said the bill is meant to protect workers and taxpayer dollars, and he noted he would amend the Attorney General enforcement language to allow appeals. Supporters argued it protects secret ballots and transparency, while opponents said it is a form of union-busting, could conflict with federal labor law, and would burden contractors and workers. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably on a roll call vote, with Senators Bracey Davis, Smith, and Errington voting no and the remaining recorded votes in favor. The committee then heard CS/SB 198, which regulates cryptocurrency kiosks to combat fraud, especially against seniors. The bill requires kiosk registration, fraud warnings, blockchain analytics, transaction limits, receipts, and refund protections for certain first-time transactions involving non-U.S. wallets. Supporters from consumer and senior advocacy groups said the bill would help stop widespread scams, while one industry witness praised the bill’s fraud protections but suggested narrowing the daily limits and new-customer period. The committee reported the bill favorably by roll call vote. Next, the committee considered CS/SB 1356 on dog breeding, pet sales, and breeder registration. The sponsor described it as a work in progress aimed at ending inhumane breeding conditions, improving consumer disclosures, and creating breeder standards and penalties; an amendment removed state oversight of local animal shelters. Pet store representatives supported many animal welfare provisions but objected to the three-day financing waiting period, shelter-space requirements, expanded reimbursement, and litigation exposure. Animal welfare supporters backed the bill, and the committee reported it favorably. The committee also heard SB 1722 on app stores and minors’ access to apps. The bill requires age verification, parental consent for minors, notice of app changes, and enforcement by the Department of Legal Affairs. Supporters said it would better protect children online and help enforce existing age-based restrictions, while opponents warned it could require overcollection of personal data, create privacy and constitutional problems, and duplicate tools parents already have. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee took up CS/SB 422, which would bar use of ADS-B aviation data to calculate or collect certain airport fees, with an amendment adding departures to the covered activities. A pilot supported the bill as a safety and privacy measure, while airport advocates opposed it, saying it would undermine airport finances and force less efficient fee collection methods. The transcript ends during testimony on this bill, before final action is shown.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 30th, 2026 at 09:14 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here with TSA, our Technology Student Association.
  • And we are focused in areas of marketing, finance, technology, and information technology.
  • As new technologies come around, we definitely employ them.
  • That's all in new techniques and new technology. Okay. So, Mr.
  • So I want to know if technology is helping us out.
Keywords: 996, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our obsession has been patient care and advancing novel catheter-based technologies, publishing high-level
  • We have the technology to address this.
  • We have the technology to address this.
  • If we were to do a complex valve replacement technology, then the team would actually double in size
  • so they can use computers and technology for paying bills, managing all of their home business needs
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

General Laws Jan 14th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

General Laws

Transcript Highlights:
  • Restaurants do tend to be the lower technology; they do better flipping burgers than they do website
  • It says, furthermore, please note that if you plan on adding any overlay technology or plug-in to your
  • In fact, adding these ineffective technologies to your website creates a separate but equal scenario.
  • effort to cure your unlawful discrimination, such technologies were not result in your compliance.
  • In fact, adding these ineffective technologies to your website creates a separate but equal scenario.
Keywords: 959, house, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • And then we would also look at some technology upgrades throughout our building.
  • Some of our technology upgrades, we had some access controls we were trying to put in.
  • By using the funds to obtain improved training helmets, we can buy gunshot boxtech technology.
  • So, and then the technology upgrades, there's a little more on that that I spoke of earlier for technology
  • So, we're really excited about that technology to help us address that problem.
Keywords: 914, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • The technology wasn't quite there, but through the icon system and some builds that we helped design
  • The technologies there, we just got to make sure everybody's comfortable with it, their their Lawyers
  • Utilize Fuchsia technology and drones to enhance Operational monitoring for the facility.
  • We're working with the technology and helping develop it, but we want the The same thing ties in with
  • I need more space, and I need more infrastructure for technology to move that forward.
Keywords: 914, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • In the meantime, uh, technology has evolved, um, and some of the terms used in the policy are glaringly
  • In the meantime,<00:14:11.440> uh<00:14:11.600> technology<00:14:12.240> has<00:
  • 14:12.480> evolved<00:14:13.680> um meantime, uh technology has evolved um meantime, uh
  • technology has evolved um and<00:14:14.079> some<00:14:14.320> of<00:14:14.399> the
  • kind of funny to look at, some of the older stuff, but, uh, the goal was to change it to modern technology
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration met virtually on January 6, 2026, and took up four administrative policy items. Darren Hoff, Senate Human Resources Director, presented updates to the Legislative Coordinating Commission benefit book, including insurance changes tied to SEGIP, mental health and substance use office visit cost sharing, dental plan updates, dependent eligibility clarifications, a new voluntary legal services benefit, a 17% increase in Medicare premiums, and multiple leave-policy revisions to conform with the new paid leave law and other employment rules. Senator Pappas moved adoption of the benefit book with the LCC’s November 10, 2025 changes and staff technical corrections, and the motion passed. Secretary Tom Bern described a proposed Senate Policy 1.56 allowing written rules of conduct for visitors in Senate spaces, aimed at setting clear expectations for behavior such as not blocking hallways or using shouting and profanity, while being developed with consultation to address First Amendment concerns. Senator Marty moved adoption, and the committee approved the policy. Council Lexi Stangle then presented a change to Senate Policy 2.47 on severe weather emergencies that would allow employees who work remotely on severe weather days to accrue compensatory time with supervisor approval; Senator Johnson moved adoption, and the motion passed. The committee also considered a modernization of the Senate information systems policy. Secretary Bern and staff explained that the policy had not been substantially updated in about 20 years and was being condensed and updated to reflect current technology and practices. The revisions reduced the policy from 29 pages to 10, removed obsolete references, added a purpose statement, clarified email inspection and hardware/software procedures, updated website rules and accessibility guidance, and removed the secondary member page option. Senator Coleman moved adoption of the Senate information systems update, and it was approved. After the Rules Committee adjourned, the Subcommittee on Committees met and approved two appointments: one public member to the Legislative Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources through December 31, 2030, and Senator Gustafson to the Financial Crimes Advisory Board Task Force. Members asked about the task force’s scope and the public appointee’s background; staff explained the task force advises on identity theft and financial crimes, and identified the public appointee as Sha Lang of Preston, Minnesota. Senator Pappas moved adoption of the appointment list, and the subcommittee approved it before adjourning.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Dec 5th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • So if we figure out a technology that might work better, probably won't be perfect, is what I'm hearing
  • Further, the NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Laboratories—this is like the folks who might design
  • So we have dozens and dozens of these types of technology initiatives that we're doing within existing
  • We are still looking at those options, but we know that there's technology involved in that.
  • And then what are some good technology options?
Summary: The committee heard a report on the Underground Economy Task Force in Washington’s construction industry. Labor and Industries said the task force, created by a 2024 budget proviso, met 11 times and developed consensus recommendations to improve enforcement against worker misclassification, unregistered contractors, and unpaid taxes and premiums. Consensus items included defining and regulating construction labor providers, improving interagency data sharing, increasing penalties for repeat offenders, expanding L&I authority over successor accountability, reviewing agency penalty rules, and exploring tracking of cash payments. Majority-but-not-consensus ideas included posting subcontractor notices at job sites, setting an independent-contractor threshold that would trigger L&I review, holding direct contractors liable for unpaid wages owed by subcontractors, and reviewing reporting requirements. Testifiers from labor, business, and the Attorney General’s Office generally supported stronger enforcement and transparency, while business representatives cautioned against overregulation and said any new rules should avoid burdening legitimate contractors or restricting lawful cash payments and independent contracting. L&I said the final report would be distributed by December 31 and the task force work group would be reconvened. The committee then reviewed the wage recovery work group report. L&I explained current wage complaint procedures and said the work group, made up of labor and business representatives, reached five consensus recommendations: allow L&I to prioritize wage complaints strategically, permit aggregation of related complaints, raise the minimum penalty under the Wage Payment Act from $1,000 to $1,500 and create a penalty matrix, improve employer awareness with materials for new hires, and establish a wage recovery fund. The fund would be seeded by penalties, would not require new employer assessments, and would allow limited early payments to eligible workers facing hardship, with a proposed cap of $2,500 and a later review of the program. Business and labor representatives both supported the overall framework, though business raised concerns about fraud safeguards and recovery of funds if a claim is later found invalid. Members also received an overview of Washington’s apprenticeship system. L&I described the state’s apprenticeship agency structure, the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council, and the difference between Washington’s state apprenticeship standards and the federal Office of Apprenticeship system. The presentation highlighted current participation levels, program approval and objection processes, and strong post-completion outcomes, including median annual earnings above $100,000 and an estimated $7.80 return for every public dollar invested. Committee members asked about how apprentices apply, how sponsors work with L&I, and whether recurring objections could be addressed earlier in the process. Finally, the committee heard updates on wildland firefighter respiratory protection, federal cuts to NIOSH, and economic and federal policy impacts on unemployment insurance and workforce services. L&I said wildland firefighters face significant smoke exposure and cancer risk, but current rules do not require respiratory protection for that work because of technical and operational challenges; the agency is watching efforts in other jurisdictions and at the federal level. On NIOSH, L&I warned that federal staffing and grant cuts could weaken occupational safety research, training pipelines, and programs affecting Washington workers, including firefighter cancer tracking and Hanford exposure assessments. ESD reported rising UI claims, a stable unemployment rate, and pressure on the trust fund, while also describing technology and process changes that have improved claims handling. ESD also said HR1 will significantly increase demand on WorkSource services through new work-search requirements for SNAP and Medicaid recipients, creating an unfunded mandate that the agency is preparing to implement with partner agencies.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Nov 3rd, 2025

New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The total cost, including acquisition, construction, technology, and other expenses, was about $16.1
  • This group is adjacent to technology; they're not the IT system, but they are the people that We work
  • We've provided, over the last five years, a significant amount of new technology investment, both for
  • I highly suspect that our Chief Technology Officer, Paul Romero, has.
  • He's provided the technology there.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Apr 15th, 2025 at 12:30 pm

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 2021 is a bill for an act making an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Information Technology
  • Bill, 2021 is a bill for an act by appropriation for deferring the expenses of the Information Technology
  • Speaker, members of the Assembly, Senate Bill 2021 is the budget for the Information Technology Department
  • the best government experience and strive to be a trusted business partner through frictionless technology
  • inefficient, and costly, and it takes way too long to get new employees set up and to turn off technology
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledge, and roll call, establishing a quorum. It then took up a series of appropriations and policy bills, with the most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs budget. The House approved amendments that shifted governance of the department and veterans’ home from ACOVA to the governor, citing concerns about ACOVA’s salary-setting actions and broader appropriation oversight. Members opposed to the change argued ACOVA had studied compensation and acted within its role. The amended bill passed 57-34, and the final bill passed 69-22 with the emergency clause carrying. The House also passed Senate Bill 2001, the legislative branch budget, which funds the 2027 session, legislative staff, chamber upgrades, IT improvements, and salary adjustments for legislative leaders; the bill passed 62-29, but the emergency clause failed. Senate Bill 2019, the Career and Technical Education budget, passed 82-10 with emergency clause. Senate Bill 2021, the Information Technology Department budget, passed 75-17 after discussion of data center migration, service automation, mainframe transition, ERP study, and DPI’s move from PowerSchool to Infinite Campus. Other measures passed included Senate Bill 2228 for rural grocery store sustainability grants, Senate Bill 2390 creating a rural catalyst community grant program, Senate Bill 2188 adjusting the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, and Senate Bill 2265 authorizing a veterans national cemetery grant and line of credit with added reporting safeguards. Several House bills returned from the Senate were concurred in and then passed, including House Bill 1361 on mandatory minimum sentences for human trafficking offenders, House Bill 1017 for the Game and Fish Department, House Bill 1588 on firearms and dangerous weapons provisions, House Bill 1429 on harassment and stalking involving robots, House Bill 1591 on county fair resiliency grants, House Bill 1537 on service agreement protection for water projects, House Bill 1203 on edible medical marijuana products, and House Bill 1027 transferring administration of the State Fire and Tornado Fund from the Insurance Commissioner to OMB. The House also rejected a motion to reconsider Senate Bill 2307, which dealt with library materials and obscenity-related restrictions, by a vote of 48-51. In addition, the chamber appointed conference committees on several House and Senate measures where concurrence had failed, and laid over Senate Bill 2340 for two legislative days.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 12th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am really getting tripped up with technology.
  • It requires technology, and then it requires the people who know how to run the technology.
  • Our top four majors include nursing, radiological technology, cybersecurity, and information technology
  • Increase creative uses of simulation technology and expand the application to mobile settings, such as
  • And then we had some, the AI technology from the UNF area. And so it's just line grant funding.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to focus on nursing education funding, workforce supply, and Florida’s low NCLEX pass rates. The chair emphasized that Florida ranks last nationally in nursing exam pass rates and said the committee wants to use budget decisions and a forthcoming nursing bill to improve outcomes. The Florida Center for Nursing at USF presented preliminary workforce and education data showing RN supply is moving toward equilibrium with demand through 2037, while LPN shortages are projected to worsen, especially in some regions. The center also reported on enrollment, retention, faculty vacancies, and NCLEX trends, noting Florida still underperforms the national average but has shown some recent improvement, including higher RN pass rates in 2024 despite fewer test takers. The center highlighted that students who test sooner after graduation tend to pass at higher rates. A panel of nursing education leaders from public universities, state colleges, technical colleges, and private institutions described how prior state pipeline and line-item funding helped expand enrollment, simulation labs, faculty hiring, student support services, and partnerships with hospitals. UNF, Galen College, College of Central Florida, Keiser University, and Lorenzo Walker Technical College each reported strategies such as expanded simulation, mental health and social work support, test-prep and remediation, and efforts to grow faculty pipelines. Several speakers said faculty recruitment and retention remain major barriers because of salary competition with hospitals, faculty debt, and aging faculty. Technical college representatives also stressed the need to strengthen LPN pathways, English-language support, and LPN-to-RN bridge programs. Members asked for ideas to improve NCLEX outcomes and discussed possible policy options, including student loan forgiveness, critical shortage supplements for faculty, incentives for students to test soon after graduation, and possible changes to timing or regulation around NCLEX eligibility. Several witnesses supported more flexible or recurring funding, while noting that one-time line funding has been useful for simulation, scholarships, and faculty support but is harder to sustain. The committee adjourned after the discussion, with the chair saying the ideas would be considered in future funding and policy decisions.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Mar 25, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • information and communication technology information and communication technology intended<01:44
  • Information and communication technology presents a huge barrier to those with disabilities, as
  • submitted via accessible uh technology submitted via accessible uh technology and<01:52:36.400><
  • So this technology bill matters to me because just being able to come up here and talk means so much.
  • information and communication technology information and communication technology intended<02:25
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard Senate Bill 1322, SD2, HD1, a comprehensive measure revising Hawaii’s mental health code. The bill would clarify emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for people who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and deemed imminently dangerous, expand notice requirements, allow certain information-sharing for assisted community treatment petitions, and add liability protections for emergency responders and providers. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill as a collaborative update to the law, while the Department of Health asked for a copy of provider-generated emergency transport documentation within five days for data and planning purposes. Testimony was sharply divided. Queen’s Health System, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, HHSC, and the Institute for Human Services supported the measure or parts of it but requested amendments, including clarifying whether a second psychiatric exam is required, restoring a 72-hour rather than 48-hour stabilization window, and adjusting where patients are taken when an MEO cannot be reached. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi strongly opposed the bill, arguing it weakens due process and civil liberties, especially around involuntary commitment, assisted community treatment, emergency transport by police, and reduced procedural safeguards; it urged the committee to hold the bill and consider an interim working group. Louie E.K. of the Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center also opposed the bill, focusing on immunity from negligence, the use of police for transport, and the reduction of a three-provider review to one in state-hospital treatment orders. Other testimony included support from an individual who said the bill could improve mental health care delivery amid provider shortages, and a comment from Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center warning that the substance use portion of the bill lacks evidence of effectiveness and could be misused. In response to committee questions, the Attorney General’s office said the measure was developed with input from multiple stakeholders, including state agencies, hospitals, the ACLU, HHSC, and IHS, and that it aims to make assisted community treatment more accessible and effective by streamlining the legal process and improving consequences for noncompliance. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/07/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • these innovation low-risk technologies these innovation low-risk technologies are<01:48:04.440><
  • <01:49:05.120> company We are a geothermal technology company We are a geothermal technology
  • <01:49:12.320> that Our company grew out of technology that Our company grew out of technology
  • <01:52:32.640> as and embrace emerging technologies as and embrace emerging technologies as
  • <01:58:11.040> into loop heat exchanger technology into loop heat exchanger technology into
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • People with disabilities, limited income, inadequate access to technology or transportation, and our
  • <03:32:55.840> to development of advanced technologies to development of advanced technologies
  • technology with military applications. technology with military applications.
  • > China's<05:26:26.320> military technology and advance China's military technology and
  • <05:28:54.080> that safeguarding the very technologies that safeguarding the very technologies
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So being able to have the technology, which does exist,...
  • Sixth grade at a school that did not have technology at all.
  • And by the end of the year, they had not utilized technology at all.
  • And we had seen the impact that taking technology out of the...
  • and reducing technology in their classrooms because of the impact that technology has on... ...the impact
Keywords: 981, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • maybe where it is in its uh, technology maybe where it is in its uh, technology life<00:52:18.319
  • There are certain technologies that no matter what you do, it's not going to drive down the price.
  • But there's a lot of technologies where that's not the case.
  • our hardware and software technologies our hardware and software technologies that<01:27:08.239>
  • ,<01:27:19.520> but and deploying GETS uh technologies, but and deploying GETS uh technologies
Keywords: 1183, house
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues May 12th, 2026

Emerging Issues and Professional Registration

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1012 does not create a new regulatory scheme for every new technology.
  • Senate Bill 1012 does not create a new regulatory scheme for every new technology.
  • We can welcome new technology and still require honesty.
  • know, AFP's position on this is that accountability should remain with the person using the AI technology
  • and not necessarily with the technology itself.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, but proceeded with public hearings on two Senate bills. Senate Bill 944, sponsored by Sen. Carla May, would update the statutory salary range for the City of St. Louis sheriff’s attorney, which she said has been unchanged since 1990 and no longer reflects inflation, modern legal demands, or comparable compensation in other jurisdictions. Rep. Fuchs offered supportive remarks, and there was no opposition or informational testimony. No vote was taken on SB 944 during the hearing. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1012, sponsored by Sen. Nicola, a broad artificial intelligence bill intended to clarify that AI is not a legal person, that humans remain responsible for AI-assisted decisions, and that licensed professionals must retain independent judgment. The bill also addressed companion chatbots, election-related AI disclosures, and other consumer protections. Supporters of the bill’s general accountability approach were not present in testimony, but opponents from Americans for Prosperity and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry argued the bill was overly broad, could chill innovation, and contained numerous drafting and cross-reference errors, including unused definitions and inconsistent metadata requirements. Members questioned how liability would apply to end users and noted the need for clearer drafting. After public testimony, the committee moved into executive session on SB 1012. A motion was made for do pass, but the roll call resulted in zero ayes and 11 noes, and the bill was voted failed. The meeting then adjourned.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 4th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • going to be able to fund a mine with this grant amount; it is more like something for a startup, technology
  • It is more like for a startup, technology, testing, or a sterile filling line for pharmaceuticals, but
  • It is more like for a startup, technology, testing, or something like a sterile filling line for pharmaceuticals
  • The Missouri Chamber runs the Missouri Chamber Technology Alliance, a consortium of private industry
  • partners that are on the cutting edge of technology in a variety of different sectors.
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The committee first called the roll, established a quorum, and then heard Senate Bill 1553 from Senator Curtis Gregory. The bill is aimed at national defense and reshoring critical supply chains to the United States, including pharmaceuticals and critical minerals/materials used in defense and manufacturing. Gregory said the Senate had added clarifying language tying eligible materials to federal critical-material and FDA lists. Supporters testified that the bill could help Missouri compete in sectors now dominated by foreign producers, especially China and India, and could strengthen national security by encouraging domestic production of active pharmaceutical ingredients and critical minerals. Witnesses from Jost Chemical, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, the API Innovation Center, Doe Run, and Associated Industries of Missouri emphasized the difficulty of competing with subsidized foreign supply chains, the importance of transferable tax credits, and Missouri’s existing industrial base. Several witnesses noted that grants would be harder to administer and that federal support or price stability may still be needed for large-scale projects like mines. No one testified in opposition or for informational purposes. The committee then moved into executive session and voted unanimously to pass Senate Bill 1553, with nine ayes and zero nays.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - House Rules

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • This has to do with artificial intelligence and the use of that technology by state agencies and rules
  • This has to do with artificial intelligence and the use of that technology by state agencies and rules
  • that are needing ...and the use of that technology by state agencies and rules that are needing to be
  • promulgated about the use of that technology.
  • 5th, this bill adds new requirements about the agencies and their use of artificial intelligence technologies
Keywords: 1182, all