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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1170 relates to generative artificial intelligence and data provenance.
  • House Bill 1170 mirrors California Senate.
  • These systems see people as nothing more than sources of income and data.
  • If you could look into that and give us the data, we really appreciate it.
  • This was also an argument against Washington's My Health My Data, which protects consumer health data
Bills: HB1170 , HB2157 , HB2225
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 15, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, I have been directed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has passed S. 195, an
  • Um, inform the House that the Senate has inform the House that the Senate has passed<03:10:30.279><c>
  • data and reporting statistics.
  • The Senate voted The House voted for it. The Senate voted for<03:37:46.560><c> it.
  • Data is in my mind is this bill.
Bills: HB2240 , HB2255
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • I've worked with Senator Wicker on anti-doping legislation.
  • Does any senator wish to be recognized to offer an amendment? Madam Chair? Senator Markey?
  • Would any senator like to be recognized? I'll recognize Senator Blunt-Rochester first.
  • , Senator Tom Carper.
  • Senator Carper and I have worked Together.
Bills: SB347 , SB351
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 5/6/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today we have before us the omnibus jobs, labor, and economic development budget bill, Senate File 1832
  • Senate file 1832 as amended before us.
  • Seeing no further discussion on Senate File 1832 as amended, I renew my motion that Senate File 1832,
  • on Senate File 1832 is<00:08:05.840><c> amended.
  • </c><00:08:09.680><c> amended,</c><00:08:10.160><c> be</c> Senate File 1832, as amended, be Senate File
Bills: SF1832 , HF2440
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, July 20, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Collins led it in the Senate, became Collins led it in the Senate, became part<03:10:12.000><c> of</c
  • </c> with better data and clear priorities. with better data and clear priorities.
  • 766 sponsored by Senator Joni Ernst passed the Senate in December of 2025.
  • </c> passed the Senate in December of 2025. passed the Senate in December of 2025.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, House Bill 2992 is the Data Center Customer Protection Act of 2026. Is there a PCS?
  • Data Center Customer Protection Act of 2026. Is there a PCS? There is a PCS.
  • House Bill 2992 would require data centers to pay their share of infrastructure costs associated with
  • One normal AI data center consumes as much electricity as the city of Edmond, which has almost 100,000
  • Even some of the largest data centers employ less than 150 people, sometimes as few as 25.
Bills: HB2989 , HB3724 , HB2992 , HB3464 , HB4246 , HB3989
Committee: House Utilities
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Jones here. Senator Leek here. Senator Passidomo? Senator Pizzo here. Senator Sharief?
  • Senator Jones, Senator Leek, Senator Passidomo, Senator Pizzo, Senator Sharief, Senator Trumbull, Vice
  • Senators will now move to tab 1, SB 484 on data centers by Senator Avila.
  • Now we'll move to tab 5, SB 1118 by Senator Avila, public records for data centers.
  • Senator Jones, Senator Leak, Senator Pasadamo, Senator Pizzo, Senator Sharif, Senator Trumbull, yes.
Bills: S0484 , S0698 , S0706 , S0968 , S1118 , S1122 , S1134 , S1320 , S1342 , S1548 , S1614
Summary: The committee first postponed SB 1122, then took up SB 1342 on transportation infrastructure and land development regulations. Senator Rouson explained the bill as a housing-affordability measure modeled on the Live Local Act, aimed at reducing local land-use barriers near transit corridors. The committee adopted an amendment removing the compelling governmental interest standard from enforcement and litigation provisions, then approved the bill. Testimony included support from a county commissioner and concerns from the Florida League of Cities and a Republican executive committee about overriding local zoning and creating rigid standards near transit stops. Members then heard SB 1614, which would let local governments use excess Florida Building Code enforcement funds for stormwater repairs and restrict eligibility for certain state appropriations if a government has been audited or fails to affirm it has no excess funds. An amendment removed the stormwater and code-enforcement building provisions and tightened the appropriations restrictions; the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1548, the next iteration of the Live Local Act, expanding qualifying projects on public land and near airports, limiting setback-based height restrictions, clarifying agricultural-use issues, and strengthening fair-housing protections. SB 968 on home backup power systems was also reported favorably, with the sponsor noting he was still working on amendments regarding permits for generators, windows, and doors. The committee next approved SB 698, allowing building permits for single-family homes to be issued after septic permit application rather than waiting for septic approval, with builders and industry representatives citing long delays and lost contracts. SB 1320, requiring county tax-referendum ballot questions to include a Department of Financial Services spending analysis if available, also passed after debate over whether it duplicated existing audit transparency requirements. SB 484 on large-scale data centers was reported favorably after an amendment added a knowledge requirement to the prohibition on service to certain foreign-country-linked customers; testimony focused on electricity costs, water use, NDAs, and ratepayer protections. SB 1118, creating a one-year public-records exemption for data-center site plans and proprietary information, was also approved despite concerns about secrecy and local officials appearing to conceal development plans. Finally, the committee took up SB 706, which preempts naming of major commercial service airports to the state and would rename Palm Beach International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport subject to federal and trademark approval; it was reported favorably after questions from members about local input. The last major item was SB 1134 on official actions of local government related to DEI, which drew extensive questioning and public testimony. The sponsor said the bill would bar counties and municipalities from funding, promoting, or staffing DEI offices or programs, with violations treated as misfeasance or malfeasance and enforceable by resident lawsuits; supporters framed it as a merit-based, anti-bureaucracy measure, while opponents argued it was vague, overbroad, and would chill civil-rights, health, education, and cultural programming. The transcript ends during public testimony on SB 1134, before any final action on that bill is shown.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The data that we analyze is data that is collected and distributed by OCA and DPS.
  • That's a good baseline for data, but now what are we going to do with the data?
  • So the chair lays out Senate Bill 608 by Senator Flores.
  • The chair lays out Senate Bill 2312 by Senator Hughes.
  • The chair lays out Senate Bill 1271 by Senator Hancock from the Subcommittee on Defense and Veterans
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several public safety, criminal justice, and regulatory bills. HB 4995 would create a training and certification program allowing licensed physicians and certain EMS personnel assigned to tactical units to carry firearms during high-risk deployments, with supporters saying it would let tactical medical staff protect themselves while providing immediate care; the bill was left pending. HB 2609 would repeal the failure-to-appear-or-pay/OmniBase license-hold program, with the author and advocates arguing it creates compounding debt and unnecessary barriers to driving, while judges and municipal court representatives said the program is a voluntary, cost-effective tool that improves court appearances and reduces warrants; the bill was also left pending. HB 4879 would create a grant program to help local law enforcement pay for lab testing of suspected hemp/Delta-9 THC substances, and HB 5436 would let licensed auto recyclers buy certain untitled vehicles for scrap or parts to curb illegal sales, VIN cloning, and chop shops; both measures were left pending after brief testimony in support. The committee also heard HB 1777, which would require a discrete designation on driver’s licenses and state IDs for people required to register as sex offenders. The author and supporters argued the marker would help law enforcement and businesses quickly identify potentially dangerous offenders and prevent harm, while opponents called it a stigmatizing “scarlet letter” that would increase harassment, family harm, and reintegration barriers. The bill was left pending. HB 4155 would create a two-year Family Violence Criminal Homicide Prevention Task Force in the Governor’s Office to study family violence homicides, gather stakeholders, and recommend policy changes; the author, HHSC, the Texas Council on Family Violence, and a survivor testified in support, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4514, which would authorize DPS to use facial image verification, with consent and privacy safeguards, to help businesses confirm identities and combat fraud; supporters from the lumber and identity-verification industries said it would reduce theft and fraud, and the bill was left pending. Finally, HB 5139 would clarify that peace officers and jailers are justified in using less lethal force weapons when acting within training and official duties; law enforcement groups supported the measure as a way to encourage use of less lethal tools without fear of prosecution, and testimony was underway when the transcript ended.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/27/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> learn about data practices and whatnot. learn about data practices and whatnot.
  • I appreciate all the audit trails and data, the data nerds in judiciary. Appreciate that.
  • I appreciate all the audit trails and data, the data nerds in judiciary. Appreciate that.
  • </c><01:10:18.480><c> act</c><01:10:19.360><c> uh</c> data uh government data practices act uh data uh
  • </c> in society versus protection of data. in society versus protection of data.
Bills: HF1027 , HF2226 , HF1916 , HF1915 , HF1567 , HF1986
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Environment, Energy & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Short. Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • Senate Bill 5609. Thank you. Senate Bill 5609 is a straightforward bill.
  • Senator Wellman.
  • Senator Slatter, Senator Wellman, and then was there...
  • The question from Senator Leas. Thank you so much. The question from Senator Leas. Thank you.
Bills: SB5609 , SB6284
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 02/27/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
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  • So I'd like to thank you, Madam Chair, Senator Weber, Senator Cek? Senator Chinski?
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  • Thank you, Senator Hauschild. Senator Putnam.
Bills: HF1277 , HF1006
Committee: Senate Taxes
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Feb 18th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Environment, Energy & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Wellman.
  • Thank you so much, Senator Hunt, Senator Slatter, Senator Benkei, members of the committee.
  • Yes, thanks, Senator Short.
  • She said it was good to be in the Senate that morning and thanked Senator Slatter, Senator Hunt, and
  • system of looking at data and data privacy.
Bills: HB2426 , HB2606
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 23rd, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members, this is Senate Bill 376 by Senator Mizell provides for the Learn and Earn Act.
  • Madam Chair, members, this is Senate Bill 376 by Senator the bill.
  • We don't have the data on that.
  • Thank you, Senator Mazzle.
  • So Senate Bill 441, I appreciate it, Senator Mazzle, trying to, what it's trying to do.
Bills: HB624 , HB1022 , HB1203 , SB82 , SB206 , SB305 , SB376 , SB441
Committee: House Education
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 19th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate concurrent resolution is 74 by Senator Lambert.
  • Senate Bill 436 by Senator Cloud.
  • Senator, all right, Senator Cloud moves to concur in the amendments to Senate Bill 436.
  • Senator Bass now calls Senate Bill 399 by Senator Bass.
  • Senator C.
Bills: SR126 , SR129 , SCR71 , SCR72 , SCR73 , SCR12 , HB221 , HCR54 , HCR79 , HCR87 , HCR94 , HCR95 , HCR97 , HCR102 , HCR104 , HCR58 , SB480 , SB514 , HB12 , HB66 , HB145 , HB167 , HB175 , HB196 , HB213 , HB218 , HB222 , HB256 , HB291 , HB325 , HB326 , HB352 , HB401 , HB430 , HB433 , HB434 , HB448 , HB456 , HB476 , HB481 , HB487 , HB492 , HB549 , HB579 , HB608 , HB621 , HB624 , HB626 , HB632 , HB637 , HB656 , HB722 , HB745 , HB749 , HB804 , HB818 , HB821 , HB833 , HB864 , HB867 , HB874 , HB893 , HB909 , HB951 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB979 , HB985 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1005 , HB1007 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1038 , HB1050 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1059 , HB1077 , HB1080 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1112 , HB1153 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1193 , HB1204 , HB1218 , HB1242 , HB1244 , HB1249 , HB1252 , HB1254 , HB538 , SCR3 , SCR23 , SCR38 , SCR24 , SB102 , SB133 , SB151 , SB165 , SB169 , SB170 , SB200 , SB217 , SB280 , SB291 , SB300 , SB303 , SB330 , SB449 , SB489 , SB521 , SB45 , SB156 , SB181 , SB203 , SB274 , SB304 , SB379 , SB396 , SB410 , SB425 , SB427 , SB436 , SB54 , SB72 , SB129 , SB164 , SB232 , SB287 , SB322 , SB374 , SB375 , SB386 , SB409 , SB447 , SB458 , SB222 , SB399 , SR119 , SCR58 , SCR65 , SCR9 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , HCR41 , HCR47 , HCR63 , HCR69 , HCR31 , HB87 , HB115 , HB162 , HB195 , HB214 , HB217 , HB233 , HB283 , HB290 , HB319 , HB324 , HB345 , HB362 , HB363 , HB368 , HB377 , HB380 , HB382 , HB386 , HB392 , HB406 , HB431 , HB441 , HB466 , HB503 , HB533 , HB559 , HB575 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB655 , HB664 , HB685 , HB692 , HB707 , HB715 , HB732 , HB738 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB807 , HB822 , HB856 , HB860 , HB868 , HB887 , HB888 , HB905 , HB908 , HB961 , HB980 , HB990 , HB992 , HB999 , HB1000 , HB1010 , HB1146 , HB1157 , HB1233 , HB1236 , HB1243 , HB54 , HB137 , HB180 , HB192 , HB310 , HB321 , HB396 , HB512 , HB552 , HB578 , HB638 , HB663 , HB708 , HB717 , HB718 , HB1009 , HB1082 , HB1104 , HB1107 , HB1198 , HB1246 , HB27 , HB143 , HB205 , HB259 , HB267 , HB288 , HB308 , HB403 , HB405 , HB414 , HB417 , HB478 , HB546 , HB548 , HB555 , HB557 , HB609 , HB670 , HB672 , HB740 , HB779 , HB786 , HB796 , HB812 , HB848 , HB915 , HB917 , HB921 , HB930 , HB933 , HB1095 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1129 , HB1154 , HB1166 , HB1187 , HB1195 , HB1230 , HB17 , HB36 , HB41 , HB47 , HB73 , HB119 , HB126 , HB129 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB211 , HB226 , HB245 , HB271 , HB280 , HB337 , HB351 , HB354 , HB399 , HB571 , HB677 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB728 , HB750 , HB759 , HB789 , HB844 , HB850 , HB870 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1018 , HB1036 , HB1241 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB382 , SB441 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB782
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, what's the Senate bill number? Is it 265? Sorry. >> 265.
  • So what this does is it's the companion bill to House Bill 399, which is a data center bill, and it's
  • 399</c><00:09:34.080><c> which</c><00:09:34.240><c> is</c><00:09:34.320><c> a</c><00:09:34.640><c> data
  • ><00:09:35.120><c> center</c><00:09:35.600><c> bill</c><00:09:35.839><c> and</c> uh 399 which is a data
  • center bill and uh 399 which is a data center bill and it's<00:09:36.240><c> the</c><00:09:36.480><c
Bills: SB265 , HB593
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1052. All right. Senate Bill 1052.
  • The Chair lays out Senate Bill 1052 by Senator Hinojosa and recognizes Senator Hinojosa to explain his
  • Senator Middleton. Senator Cook. Here. Senator Gutierrez. Senator Nichols. Senator Paxton.
  • Senator Middleton, Senator Cook, Senator Gutierrez. Senator Nichols, Senator Paxton, Senator West.
  • Senator Paxton and Senator Parker's bill.
Summary: The committee heard several local government and property tax bills, with most testimony focused on appraisal disputes, tax administration, and development rules. Senate Bill 1052 by Senator Hinojosa would address coastal county appraisal litigation by requiring property owners in certain large-value disputes to report an uncontested taxable value while appeals are pending, so taxing units can base truth-in-taxation calculations on more realistic revenue. Nueces County, Del Mar College, and Corpus Christi ISD testified in support, describing major budget shortfalls caused by refinery valuation disputes; the committee substitute narrowed and clarified the bill’s scope. No opposition was heard, public testimony closed, and SB 1052 was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1531, which would require local tax collectors to accept common electronic property tax payments such as credit cards, debit cards, and e-checks. Witnesses supported modernizing payment options and the committee substitute removed ACH/electronic funds transfer language to avoid bank-account disclosure concerns. Public testimony closed and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 325, by Senator Perry, would restore platting and groundwater-certification requirements that were unintentionally weakened by prior legislation; supporters from county government, water groups, and builders’ representatives debated whether the real issue was groundwater protection or road standards for private roads. The bill was left pending after extensive testimony and no vote. The committee then took up Senate Bill 994 and SJR 46, which would exempt certain livestock feed inventory from property tax and provide the constitutional amendment needed for that change. Feed store and Farm Bureau witnesses supported the measure as relief for seasonal inventory taxes, and the bills were left pending. Senator Paxton presented SB 467 and SJR 84 to create a temporary property tax exemption for homes completely destroyed by fire, with refunds or corrected bills based on the date of loss; both were left pending. SB 1237 would clarify charitable property tax exemptions for senior housing and retirement communities, with testimony from Catholic and Baptist retirement organizations and a resident describing rising costs and exemption revocations; it was also left pending. The committee later voted 6-0 to report SB 2073, a pending bill on appraisal district authority to purchase or finance real property, and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar. Finally, the committee heard SB 2172, SB 2173, and SB 2063, all related to property tax administration. SB 2172 would limit when appraisal districts can require homeowners to reapply for homestead exemptions, requiring a specific reason and written notice; SB 2173 would protect new homeowners from surprise tax liabilities caused by prior owners’ erroneous homestead exemptions, with testimony describing large back-assessment bills; both were left pending. SB 2063 would bar appraisal districts from using market-value evidence in unequal appraisal protests, and testimony sharply divided between taxpayer advocates, who said market data improperly overwhelms equity claims, and appraisal district representatives, who argued market value is inherently tied to equal-and-uniform taxation and cited a recent Texas Supreme Court decision; the bill was left pending after testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> to cryptobased data mining operations. to cryptobased data mining operations.
  • House File 3296 simply data centers.
  • has</c><00:21:35.440><c> a</c><00:21:35.679><c> high</c> or a data data center that has a high or a
  • </c> wanted to pass a law so that data wanted to pass a law so that data centers<00:26:33.919><c> would
  • Um and the data that that region.
Bills: HF3296 , HF3802
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would be data that we would, you know, for example, with the guardianship, that would be data we would
  • provide under those court... someone has to collect the data, um I someone has to collect the data,
  • </c><01:05:08.400><c> that</c> data collection.
  • It would be data that data collection.
  • Uh so annual trend um benchmark data.
Bills: HF3935 , HF2216 , HF4354 , HF4210 , HF4212