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• Deleting the word 'primarily' will modernize the statute to reflect the changing nature of communications
• services deleting the word primarily services deleting the word primarily will<00:26:47.840> modernize
• the statue to reflect the will modernize the statue to reflect the changing<00:26:51.279> nature<
• Christenson, please introduce yourself and provide testimony. ...just out of date with today's technology
• billion dollars in this technology billion dollars in this technology across<00:54:08.480> the

Keywords: 1183, house

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• By modernizing these systems, we month.
• By modernizing these systems, we will<00:26:05.840> improve<00:26:06.320> energy<00:26:
• <01:20:49.440> aging costing 8.1 million will modernize aging costing 8.1 million will modernize
• Uh this bill will give us a great concept design and study resulting in a modern-day interchange.
• <01:32:07.120> Washington modern-day interchange. Washington modern-day interchange.

Bills: HF2178, HF942, HF2470, HF1043, HF1287, HF1229, HF1230, HF424, HF571, HF404, HF910, HF1055, HF318, HF319, HF401, HF609, HF306, HF1599, HF1881

Keywords: HF2178, Cohasset, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, public infrastructure, water tower, water infrastructure, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, street reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, Public Facilities Authority, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, local government aid, utility infrastructure, public works, infrastructure, stormwater

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• Thank you. families by investing in modern families by investing in modern infrastructure<00:07:59.159
• However, to fully realize this potential, we must ensure that our team is trained, our technology is
• However, to fully realize this potential, we must ensure that our team is trained, our technology is
• Friends of Hō Technology Academy not present. Friends for Sunset Academy not present.
• not present friends of Hoy Technology not present friends of Hoy Technology Academy<05:43:57.958

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• There's the there's a technology have.
• Like it's uh, modernization, right?
• I mentioned the technology advisory council, um, that are working on IT modernization.
• c><01:31:52.880> IT<01:31:53.280> modernization.
• <01:31:54.639> Um, working on IT modernization. Um, working on IT modernization.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , modernization, modernization, operational<00:33:57.279> efficiency,<00:33:58.159> and
• The Commonwealth Office of Technology receives additional restricted funds to enhance cyber security
• The Commonwealth Office of Technology<00:34:31.040> receives<00:34:31.679> additional Technology
• , soundproofing improvements, and adjustments to hearing officer compensation modernization processes
• outdated systems, enhancing modernizing outdated systems, enhancing cyber<00:36:04.960> security,

Keywords: Several minutes after the convene vote and before the introduction failed to properly steam. This version was pulled from a local back up., 958, all

Summary: The House convened with 97 members present, declared a quorum, approved excusing absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal for February 25, 2026 was approved. The clerk also reported that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 98 and 122 and requested concurrence. The House then received second-reading reports on a range of bills, including measures on prison educational programs, respiratory care, dietitians, wildlife depredation, temporary structures, military families, civil rights, local boards of education, light pollution, controlled-substance prescribing licenses, youth health services, class sizes for exceptional children, the athletic trainer compact, limited commercial driver’s licenses, and Senate Bill 145 relating to the Department of Agriculture and Alcohol Beverage Control. Committee reports moved several bills forward, including the main budget bills House Bill 500 and House Bill 504, along with measures on workforce investment, data centers, domestic violence, guardians ad litem, domestic relations, health delivery and “food is medicine” initiatives, state personnel, open records, and fish and wildlife resources. House Bill 500 and House Bill 504 were taken from the Rules Committee and placed on the orders of the day. House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill, was then taken up for third reading and explanation. Members presented extensive floor explanations of House Bill 500 and House Committee Substitute 1, describing it as a “good first draft” of the executive budget. Supporters said the proposal emphasizes restrained spending growth, base reductions with exemptions for key areas, employee salary increments, and deposits to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future one-time investments. They highlighted funding for K-12 education, postsecondary aid and workforce training, Medicaid and behavioral health, public health infrastructure, pensions, veterans, public safety, economic development, tourism, and state technology and facility maintenance. The budget substitute was adopted by voice vote, and the discussion continued with detailed descriptions of the bill’s provisions; no final passage vote was shown in the excerpt.

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• interest rates the cost of technology interest rates the cost of technology and<00:44:36.960>
• of that technology is great it's<00:44:38.599> all<00:44:38.839> safety<00:44:39.280><
• is expensive and so when it technology is expensive and so when it breaks<00:44:46.680> or<00
• There's some federal modernization money that the department was awarded along with 18 other states.
• department of Information Technology department of Information Technology they<01:27:20.440>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony from Insurance Commissioner DJ Bettencourt on the New Hampshire Insurance Department budget. He said the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers based on New Hampshire premium volume, with about $8 billion in premiums written in the state and a department budget of roughly $15.5 million. He explained that the department has 88 authorized positions, eight vacancies, and that three full-time positions were unfunded after the governor’s requested 4% reduction exercise. He also said the department is trying to balance staffing needs with not overburdening carriers during a hard insurance market. A major topic was the department’s $2.6 million rebate to industry from the prior fiscal year, which Bettencourt described as a credit against the next assessment rather than a direct cash payment. Members questioned why that credit was not reflected as a reduction in the upcoming budget, and Bettencourt and staff explained that the budget assumes full staffing and full spending, with any year-end surplus returned to insurers. The commissioner said the department had added staff in recent years for succession planning and to preserve institutional expertise, and that the rebate reflects careful budgeting rather than excess spending. Members also asked about staffing changes by division, including positions unfunded in fraud, property and casualty examinations, life and health examinations, and tax. Bettencourt said fraud investigations remain strong and that the department can use outside contractors for examinations, with those costs billed to the company being examined. He also described the department’s examination process, including periodic financial exams and targeted market conduct reviews triggered by consumer complaints or trends. Additional questions covered OIT transfers, the department’s oversight of fully insured health coverage, the insurance premium tax and fines going to the general fund, and the department’s limited role in auto repair reimbursement disputes, where he said complaints have recently declined.

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• We are using this process here to modernize our systems and keep pace with a rapidly evolving industry
• We have already implemented an interim solution while we build a long-term technology solution, which
• The remaining items are in progress and are part of the same modernization and process improvement work
• Second, we successfully implemented Senate Bill 1679 in 2024, which helped modernize how the industry
• We focus on safety first, modernizing our regulatory approach, and effective... ...safety first, modernizing

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee first heard the Arizona Auditor General’s sunset review of the Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board. The audit found some strengths, including timely licensing and complaint resolution in the sample reviewed and rules that matched statutory curriculum requirements, but it also identified a major finding that the board had imposed inconsistent discipline for similar violations and lacked documentation for deviations from its disciplinary guidelines. Other issues included missing reciprocity education requirements, weak application quality control, incomplete school and establishment oversight, and compliance concerns involving open meeting law, public records, and conflicts of interest. The report made 25 recommendations total, including two tied to the disciplinary finding and three suggested statutory changes on esthetics scope of practice, cease-and-desist authority, and eyelash technician training. The board’s executive director said the board agreed with the findings, had already implemented several recommendations, updated disciplinary policies and conflict-of-interest procedures, and was working on legislation and rule changes. After questions about enforcement consistency, licensing verification, cash handling, complaint volume, and conflict disclosures, the committee voted 7-0 to recommend the board be continued for six years, until July 1, 2032. The committee then took up the Arizona Department of Gaming, the Arizona Racing Commission, and the Arizona Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Commission together. The Auditor General reported that the department correctly distributed more than $158 million in tribal contributions in fiscal year 2024 and issued event wagering licenses to reviewed applicants, but found several problems: the department did not consistently obtain and review independent audit reports for event wagering and fantasy sports operators, did not fully comply with conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements, and lacked comprehensive complaint-handling processes. The review also found delays in distributing Compact Trust Fund payments to some tribes, gaps in IT security and horse-racing license checks, and incomplete fee-setting and public-records practices. The report made 36 recommendations to the department, six to the Racing Commission, and 13 to the Boxing and MMA Commission, and all three entities said they agreed and would implement them. In response, the Department of Gaming director said the agency was already making changes, including a historical look-back on operator audits, updated guidance to operators, a new constituent services unit and complaint-tracking process, and improved conflict-of-interest training and forms. She also explained the Compact Trust Fund dispute, saying the department administers the fund but the beneficiary tribes must agree on the revenue baseline formula, which has been complicated by COVID-era closures; no Category Three distributions had yet been made. Committee members asked about possible revenue losses, penalties, and the status of 2024-2025 audits, as well as prediction markets and whether they are legal under Arizona’s event wagering framework. The director said the department had issued cease-and-desist letters to unlicensed prediction-market operators, would review licensed operators for suitability if needed, and would continue to enforce Arizona law. The transcript ends while questioning on prediction markets is still underway, before any vote on the gaming-related reviews is shown.

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• If we underfund our IOUs, we will threaten the stability, safety, and reliability of our modern power
• We will see we will threaten the stability, safety, and of our modern power service. Thank you.
• So my bill has many exceptions, like safety enhancement, commodity costs, and modernization.
• And modernization.
• You did legislation last year looking at grid-enhancing technologies.

Summary: The committee first heard AB 13, which would restructure the CPUC to increase legislative oversight, add legislative liaisons, require more detailed and timely reporting on rate-setting decisions, and add a public advocate member. The author and supporters argued the bill would improve transparency, accountability, and geographic diversity in CPUC decision-making amid rising utility rates. Witnesses from TURN, San Joaquin County, SDG&E, and former CPUC Commissioner Loretta Lynch offered support or support-in-principle, while no opposition testimony was presented. Members generally praised the bill’s transparency goals, and AB 13 passed 10-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open for absent members. The committee then adopted the 2025-2026 committee rules and approved three consent items: AB 61, AB 365, and AB 406. The next bill, AB 99, would cap investor-owned utility rate increases above inflation except for specified costs such as safety, modernization, and fuel/commodity costs. The author and supporters, including a representative of the California Senior Legislature, said the bill was needed to protect ratepayers, especially seniors and low-income customers, from repeated rate hikes. Opposition came from utility labor, utilities, the Chamber of Commerce, and others, who argued the bill was too simplistic, could suppress labor costs, and did not account for major cost drivers such as wildfire mitigation, mandates, and net metering. Several members supported moving the bill forward as a starting point on affordability, while others criticized it as overly blunt. AB 99 passed 11-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open. The hearing then shifted to an informational panel on strategies to reduce California transmission costs. A Public Advocates Office staffer described a growing backlog of approved-but-unbuilt transmission projects, rising transmission access charges, and long project timelines driven largely by utility pre-application and construction periods. Panelists from Net Zero California and consulting firms presented research suggesting that public financing or public-private partnership lease models could reduce transmission costs by lowering financing, tax, and capital costs, with estimated savings of up to 57% and as much as $123 billion over 40 years. PG&E’s representative said the utility is already pursuing federal loan guarantees, grants, and a public-private partnership with Citizens Energy, but warned that state ownership could create tax, wildfire-liability, and governance risks. Members asked about the CPUC’s role, the causes of delays, and whether public financing could complement existing competitive solicitation processes.

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• As a father of a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old, I can tell you that technology is coming more and more
• As a father of a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old, I can tell you that technology is coming more and more
• 1046, Senator Weber's bill, to make some modifications to the Shortline railroad infrastructure modernization
• 1046, Senator Weber's bill, to make some modifications to the Shortline railroad infrastructure modernization
• 1046, Senator Weber's bill, to make some modifications to the Shortline railroad infrastructure modernization

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Are we willing to engage in a revolution of using technology and modernization? them scored.
• You've seen the article technology.
• Bring us ideas of how we modernize spending, how we can reduce cost by technology, by better systems,
• <04:12:34.000> Medicare do realize we could modernize Medicare do realize we could modernize
• <04:18:27.680> history that is the only time in modern history that is the only time in modern

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Just allow me two minutes to maybe go over the modernization of public notice in Florida.
• So the 2012 bill did help modernize notices, but this was not the end.
• newspaper where the public expects them to be, but at the same time, striving to keep up with technological
• applicable standard of care, including but not limited to care related to assisted reproductive technologies
• , there are many fertilized human eggs on hand that have been created by assistive reproductive technology

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up two bills. SB 98, by Senator Harrell, would let self-storage facilities advertise lien sales either in a newspaper or on a qualifying website, while keeping other notice requirements in place and updating contact information provisions. Supporters, including the Florida Press Association and several newspaper/storage owners, argued print and digital newspaper notices already provide broad public notice and that the bill could reduce notice effectiveness; the sponsor said the bill is an optional modernization and does not affect government notices. After debate, the committee voted 8-1 to report SB 98 favorably. The committee then heard SB 164, by Senator Grall, which expands Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow parents to recover civil damages for the death of an unborn child at any stage of development, with carve-outs for the mother and lawful medical care. The sponsor said the bill aligns civil law with Florida’s criminal protections for unborn children and gives families a remedy where current law may not. Opponents, including the ACLU of Florida, health care workers, and others, warned it could invite lawsuits against doctors, hospitals, friends, family members, and people involved in abortion access, and could worsen OB-GYN shortages and deter care. Supporters said it recognizes unborn life and should be treated consistently with existing wrongful death law. The committee approved SB 164 on a 4-3 vote and then adjourned.

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• But we also have incredible potential to grow, whether it's embracing new technology or strengthening
• Also, we have a new technology that is starting to show up on Texas farms that is going to give us the
• So that's a lot of the new technology that is happening. across the state so as I mentioned Texas Dairy
• Texas must invest in modernized irrigation infrastructure. to maximize the efficiency of available water
• impact of water shortages such as low interest loans or grants. for on-farm water conservation technology

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• for what we built up new technologies for what we built up new technologies new<01:12:44.000>
• Duu if there was anything better or more modern than his book, which was also published in 2008.
• Duu if there was anything better or more modern than his book, which was also published in 2008.
• Duu if there was anything better or more modern than his book, which was also published in 2008.
• Duu if there was anything better or more modern than his book, which was also published in 2008.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing focused on House Bill 610, which would fold the Office of the Consumer Advocate into the Department of Energy rather than fully eliminate consumer advocacy functions. The prime sponsor argued the current office is small, funded by a special assessment on ratepayers, and duplicative of DOE work. He said moving the function to DOE would streamline energy policy review, reduce bureaucracy, and better focus the larger agency on lowering residential energy costs. He also disputed claims that the Consumer Advocate is independent, saying the office is appointed through a political process similar to DOE leadership. Committee members and the sponsor discussed whether the bill would actually relocate existing positions or replace them, and whether the Department of Energy would absorb the cost of the transferred staff. The sponsor said the fiscal note shows roughly a million-dollar reduction in both revenue assessment and spending, and that the bill would effectively reduce the office from five positions to three. He also defended his cost estimates for energy-code-related housing impacts and said the Consumer Advocate has sometimes supported policies he считает increase costs, such as energy-efficiency measures and building code changes. He argued the office should focus more on energy supply and generation, including natural gas and nuclear, rather than efficiency alone. Representative Wendy Thomas testified in opposition, saying the Consumer Advocate is an important, fair, and impartial voice for ratepayers and warning that the bill was fiscally irresponsible because the incumbent could still be owed salary and benefits if the office were repealed. She also said the bill’s drafting was confusing and that the Consumer Advocate’s role is to push back on utilities on behalf of consumers. Other members raised questions about whether the DOE would simply inherit the same political appointment structure and whether the bill would meaningfully lower bills. No vote was taken in the excerpt; the chair indicated additional testimony would follow, and the Department of Energy was present to answer questions.

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• The purpose of Senate Bill 8 is to modernize Kentucky's Public Service Commission to better handle the
• Public Service modernize Kentucky's Public Service Commission<00:27:46.280> to<00:27:46.440><
• It modernizes Kentucky's threshold to 5 miles while preserving the oversight of larger projects.
• It modernizes Kentucky's threshold to 5 miles while preserving the oversight of larger projects.
• It modernizes Kentucky's threshold to 5 miles while preserving the oversight of larger projects.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:38 SB 213 Discussion 00:01:23 SB 213 Roll Call Vote 00:20:45 SB 8 Discussion 00:26:23 SB 8 Roll Call Vote 00:58:16, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and first heard Senate Bill 213 from Senator Phillip Wheeler. He described the bill as a response to rising electric bills, especially in Eastern Kentucky, and said it would give the Public Service Commission more tools to push utilities toward least-cost planning, require stronger integrated resource plans, and address utility service territories, utility sales, and generation contracts. He argued that monopoly service territories are privileges granted by the Commonwealth, not irrevocable rights, and said the bill would help prevent ratepayers from bearing the cost of poor utility decisions or sale premiums. He also said the bill would allow large new loads, such as data centers, to choose alternative power sources in certain areas to encourage economic development. Members asked questions about how the bill would work, especially the section stating that service territory rights belong to the Commonwealth and the provision dealing with utility sale premiums. Senator Wheeler explained that if a utility is sold at a premium, that premium should not simply be passed on to customers, and he said the bill aims to reduce costs for ratepayers and create more competition. Several members spoke in support of the bill’s goals while noting the complexity of utility regulation. Senator West said some companies had not been responsive to concerns about rates, Senator Williams said he would pass but wanted utilities to have enough generation to serve Kentucky users, and Chair Smith said the bill was a smart approach within the legislature’s limited authority. The committee then voted to report Senate Bill 213 favorably with the expression that the same shall pass. The committee then took up Senate Bill 8 from Senator Brandon Smith, which would modernize the Public Service Commission. He said the bill and committee substitute were intended to help the PSC handle increasingly complex utility regulation, infrastructure investment, and rate cases by expanding the commission from three to five members, with three gubernatorial appointees and two appointed by the Auditor of Public Accounts. He also said the bill would adjust the threshold for PSC review of electric transmission construction from one mile to five miles, to reduce delays while preserving oversight of major projects, and would update appointment terms and other language in the substitute. Smith said the changes were meant to improve staffing and expertise at the PSC and speed transmission buildout. The discussion was still underway when the transcript ended, and no final vote on Senate Bill 8 appears in the provided excerpt.

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• This bill would Reduce the bureaucracy and red tape VA uses in the past and modernizes the requirements
• This bill would modernize the GI Bill by providing hybrid and online independent study programs to meet
• This bill would modernize the GI Bill by providing hybrid and online independent study programs to meet
• THIS BILL CHANGES THAT MODERNIZATION BY MODERNIZING THE GI BILL AND EXPANDING Not every veteran wants
• Modernizing our VA benefits and programs to empower veterans, strengthen the workforce, and honor the

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 2, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• , not specifically for this, but technology funding in general for a number of different technology projects
• And it's funded through the technology fund. And I would... your job easier. Yes. Yes.
• And it's funded through the technology fund.
• I'm a technology advocate in every sense and convenience. All in favor of doing it.
• This is a modern-day bill, so I accept that.

Bills: HR245, SCR30, SCR40, SB259

Keywords: transparency, justice, Epstein, Maxwell, investigation, human trafficking, government accountability, domestic violence, protective orders, online application, judicial administration, Louisiana, 965, house, all

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• This floor amendment proposes non-substantive amendments to ensure that the renewable energy technologies
• how to live in a car culture. ...freedom and delivered, but the adoption of that world-changing technology
• Uh, society at that time, given those dangers, did not reject that technology.
• In particular, I'd like to thank the technology and judiciary committee chairs for their work.
• It's human responsibility and actions It's human responsibility and actions that can make a technology

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• What, what is sort of the What is the, what does the technology tell us about the types of balloons that
• And then every so often the legislature does add a more specific program to target certain technologies
• So whether that be hydrogen fuel cell or electric or other advanced technologies, we really are making
• While modern vehicles are manufactured with better emissions and have cleaner controls, there are still
• HB 4400 modernizes Section 7.067 of the Water Code to better align with the SEP program with its original

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• There's also the landowner's compensation program and the child support IT modernization project. of
• There's also the landowner's compensation program, the child support IT modernization project, and one-time
• Lastly, we are requesting that the legislature continue the technological investment in OAG's legal services
• We still have cases that we've just filed that are not necessarily technology, but they're similar in
• **James Kessler**: You have to have the technology, but also specifically the strategy, as Brent mentioned

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• They are one of the safest, most effective, and most cost-efficient tools we have in modern medicine.
• and most cost-efficient tools we<00:03:48.680> have<00:03:48.880> in<00:03:49.000> modern
• we have in modern medicine. we have in modern medicine.
• These criminals are organized, technologically sophisticated, and psychologically skilled.
• Those are all equipment, new technology. Those are all incredible<01:44:48.000> advances.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all