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• This relates to increasing access to and reducing the tax on Internet services.
• lastly, members, it provides tax relief to support broadband expansion by exempting internet service access
• broadband, and it reflects the growing need of consumers for faster speeds to participate in the digital
• We just want to ensure that everyone has access to reliable and affordable internet services.
• Access to them, too.

Bills: HB2838 , HB2964 , HB3213 , SB924

Committee: House S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband

Keywords: broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority

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• So, it is expensive, and the city's position is that all parties benefiting from accessing the public's
• about the constitutional concerns that large for-profit streaming services would be granted free access
• PEG fees, public access television fees.
• service that is currently being provided, as well as the number of addresses that currently have fiber access
• or just broadband. access in general.

Bills: HB2838 , HB2964 , HB3213 , SB924

Committee: House S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband

Keywords: broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority

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• The Airman digitize processes.
• The option for airmen to now carry their certificate in a readily accessible digital format is a priority
• /c><05:02:36.958><c> priority</c> accessible digital format is a priority accessible digital format is
• These certificates and the Airman Certificate Accessibility Act will allow pilots to present digital
• Whether it's access to health care, access to the vote, access to worker rights, access to equal pay,

Bills: HB6422 , HB3410 , HB2247 , HB6460 , HB6427 , HB5663 , HB6267 , HB6618 , HB7342 , HCR73 , HB7388 , HB6481 , HB6480 , HB2474 , HB4624

Keywords: water quality, EPA, environmental protection, coastal restoration, federal funding, supersonic flight, aviation, FAA regulations, aerospace standards, noise standards, certificates, FAA, digital access, regulations, drones, recreational use, unmanned aircraft, regulation, airspace, airport construction

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• , digital navigators, and the Internet for All initiative.
• The Digital Equity Program must create two staff positions: digital resource coordinators, and multimedia
• The access to unbiased political reporting and...
• Community digital connectivity is a matter of social justice.
• Better jobs, and access to emergency information.

Bills: HB2579

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: public media, digital equity, funding, media access, communication technology

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• </c> partnerships and different digital partnerships and different digital publications.<01:08:01.680
• </c> access to opportunity. access to opportunity.
• Thank you. do not have access to equal workforce do not have access to equal workforce opportunities<
• > youth</c> this information accessible, youth this information accessible, youth engagement<01:20:34.960
• When you but it's limited by access.

Bills: HF3004 , HF3663

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: workforce development, youth employment, internships, mentoring, job opportunities, digital platform, online portal, career pathways, youth workforce, employment and economic development, DEED, general fund appropriation, nonprofit grant, social media outreach, digital outreach, workforce opportunities, teen jobs, young adults, career exploration, Minnesota youth

Bills: SSB1142 , SF207

Committee: Joint Technology

Keywords: digital financial assets, kiosks, consumer protection, money transmission, transaction limits, obscenity, obscene material, age verification, minor access, online pornography, internet platform liability, civil liability, private right of action, privacy, identifying information, zero-knowledge proof, third-party verification, content moderation, social media, website liability

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• </c> offered to the consumer are accessible offered to the consumer are accessible and<00:13:29.360><
• </c><00:52:45.880><c> anywhere</c> community cannot access anywhere community cannot access anywhere
• </c> office of broadband to include digital office of broadband to include digital opportunity<01:02:
• </c><01:10:03.360><c> and</c><01:10:03.679><c> digital</c> start adding computer access and digital start
• adding computer access and digital skills<01:10:05.040><c> uh</c><01:10:05.400><c> I</c><01:10:05.480

Bills: HF44 , HF2102 , HF2279 , HF2280 , HF2281

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization

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• House Bill 2218 is the bill that relates to access to medical care in the workers' compensation system
• so hard to just make it work for everybody, making sure that there's no stopgates, that people can access
• just make it work for everybody, making sure that there's no stopgates for people, that people can access
• make it work for everybody, making sure that there's no stop gates in for people that people can access
• at the most vulnerable time of their lives can access the services that they've paid into and that they

Bills: HB2188 , HB2218 , HB2524 , HB2563

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: transparency, industrial insurance, insurance rate increases, financial disclosure, regulatory oversight, workers' compensation, medical care, healthcare access, employee rights, insurance coverage, security, regulation, employment standards, security guards, industry board, unemployment, electronic notices, compensation, digital communication, order processing

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• of authentication and reference data necessary for granting a user access. of a smart access building
• In fact, access to grocery stores and stuff has actually gone backwards. We're going backwards.
• In fact, access to grocery stores and stuff has actually gone backwards.
• Without access to tools like this, those projects remain stalled and the sites remain vacant.
• And they can have access, if needed, to mediation.

Bills: SB5884 , SB5885 , SB5937 , SB5938

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: sales tax, redevelopment, economic incentive, underutilized property, infrastructure, affordable housing, religious organizations, zoning laws, land use, community development, smart access system, smart lock, residential landlord-tenant act, tenant privacy, biometric data, fingerprint, face scan, iris scan, key fob, key card

Bills: SF143 , SF207

Committee: Joint Technology

Keywords: consumer data, privacy, health data, data protection, profiling, transparency, obscenity, obscene material, age verification, minor access, online pornography, internet platform liability, civil liability, private right of action, identifying information, zero-knowledge proof, third-party verification, content moderation, social media, website liability

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• As costs rise, libraries' budgets are strained and patrons have reduced access to the digital materials
• Access suffers when high prices and limits on sharing prevent libraries from offering robust digital
• Digital access has expanded how people read and listen to books.
• This legislation will likely reduce rather than expand access to digital library materials in Minnesota
• This legislation will likely reduce rather than expand access to digital library materials in Minnesota

Bills: HF3698 , HF3067 , HF3730

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, paraprofessional, paraprofessional qualifications, education support staff, teacher aide, teacher assistant, special education, Title I, federal personnel qualifications, Minnesota Department of Education, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Read Act, reading instruction, math instruction

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• access and to finally<04:26:31.279><c> close</c><04:26:31.920><c> the</c><04:26:32.159><c> digital</
• It's not just internet access.
• > enhance</c><07:17:37.120><c> the</c> improve accessibility and enhance the improve accessibility and
• </c> Every American deserves to have access Every American deserves to have access to<07:43:24.360><c
• </c> country, healthc care, more accessible country, healthc care, more accessible and<07:47:45.000><

Bills: SB146 , HR973 , HR859 , HR906 , HB2449 , HB2399 , HR866 , HB2482 , HB2444 , HB2458 , HB1721 , HB2480 , HB1479 , HB1442 , HR1402 , HR617 , HR452

Keywords: nonconsensual, visual depictions, digital forgery, intimate content, online platforms, privacy, protection, harm prevention, John F. Kennedy Center, Donald J. Trump, Federal arts funding, memorial designation, cultural institutions, Congressional authority, public arts programs, Hampden-Sydney College, anniversary, higher education, civic responsibility, liberal arts

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• And efficiency when monies are appropriated, these will go to industrial access and lake access improvement

Bills: HB1411 , HB2980 , HB3015 , HB3147 , HB3277 , HB3323 , HB3443 , HB3882

Committee: Senate Aeronautics and Transportation

Keywords: True Grit Trail, Oklahoma, tourism, signage, Department of Transportation, state parks, historical sites, economic development, motor vehicles, insurance, registration, verification, law enforcement, electronic credentials, Service Oklahoma, digital identification, data protection, driver's license, special license plates, Route 66

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• Access to these libraries have access to microfiche and to all the records. Mr.
• This is something that people have access to, and attorneys.
• That is how it's accessed. You wouldn't go to the town hall. And, Mr.
• They deserve access to the same facilities. And of course, right?
• Chair and Senator Kavanaugh, trans girls deserve access.

Bills: HB2015 , HB2060 , HB2129 , HB2170 , HB2210 , HB2228 , HB2352 , HB2460 , HB2533 , SB1019 , SB1045 , SB1050 , SB1078 , SB1083 , SB1167 , SB1184 , SCR1006

Committees: Senate Government , Senate Senate Government Committee of Reference

Keywords: budget procedures, late filing penalty, accounting standards, financial reporting, state appropriations, abortion, educational institutions, health education, state aid, public schools, municipal libraries, annual reporting, state legislation, transparency, government accountability, procurement, foreign adversary, China, state contracts, information technology

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• That is exactly why I introduced the Community Passport Services Access Act.
• But too many Americans still lack access to broadband.
• Deploying on Federal lands is a critical part of closing the digital divide.
• They need to be able to easily access this Important service.
• CONGRESS HAS PROVIDED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

Bills: SCR29 , HB7380 , HB5200 , HB1681 , SB98 , HB5201 , HR1343 , HB7022 , HB7386

Keywords: internet freedom, Iran, cybersecurity, VPN, DTC technology, information access, human rights, digital tools, Emergency Reporting Act, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Disaster Information Reporting System, DIRS, network outage reporting, outage notifications, 9-1-1, public safety answering point, PSAP, emergency communications center, broadband

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• do is to restrict minors, or let's say, let's say it a better way, not restrict but prohibit minor access
• Between the civil penalties, I guess my question is really if a minor accesses this technology and the

Bills: HB1782 , HB2293 , HB3176 , HB3544 , HB3546 , HB3619 , HB4358

Committee: Senate Technology and Telecommunications

Keywords: artificial intelligence, education reform, innovation, funding, advisory council, broadband, Oklahoma Broadband Office, broadband access, statewide broadband plan, internet connectivity, grant programs, expansion council, termination plan, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development

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• Right now, we live in a digital world. We can renew our driver's license online.
• Oh, no, I was just saying we have a digital witness today.
• Okay, so we're going to call a digital witness first.
• Or is it a digital signature that you get from them?
• And so that digital signature would be on file, but not signed on a computer per se.

Bills: HB311 , SB447 , SB505 , SB2217 , SB2753 , HB311

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: voter registration, electronic, Texas election law, Signature verification, DPS, internet application, Texas Election Code, signature verification, online application, data security, electronic application, Department of Public Safety, information security, electronic voter registration, voting technology, voter access, state election laws, digital signature, election irregularities, audit

Summary: The committee heard several election-related bills. SB 447 would let the City of Mission in Hidalgo County permanently move its municipal elections from May to the uniform November election date if it chooses. The bill was described as permissive and intended to increase turnout and reduce costs. Mission’s mayor testified in support, saying voters had already approved the change by a wide margin in a charter amendment election. The bill was left pending after no objection. SB 2217 focused on standardizing election data reporting and reconciliation across counties to improve transparency and comparability. Testimony was generally supportive of the goal, but Dr. Laura Presley and others flagged technical issues, including a discrepancy between a three-ballot mismatch threshold in existing law and a 1% threshold in part of the bill, plus a definition issue involving central accumulators. Supporters said consistent auditing and reconciliation would help election integrity, while the bill was also left pending. The committee then took up SB 2753, a major proposal to create a continuous in-person voting period that would combine early voting and Election Day into one uninterrupted process, with precinct consolidation and other changes. Supporters said it could simplify administration, reduce equipment changes, and improve security by using one set of machines. Opponents and neutral witnesses raised concerns about cost, staffing, ballot security, reporting changes, weekend voting, and whether the bill was ready for implementation; several urged a pilot or study instead. The committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. SB 505 would create a process for election workers, candidates, party officials, and measure proponents or opponents to request explanations of election irregularities, with escalation to the Secretary of State for audit or enforcement if responses were unsatisfactory. Supporters said it would provide a way to resolve irregularities and restore confidence, while opponents argued it was too broad, lacked guardrails against abuse, and could be used by partisan actors to pressure counties. The bill was left pending. Finally, HB 311 would expand Texas’s online voter registration system to first-time registrants and others, with supporters citing efficiency, lower costs, and broader access, and opponents raising concerns about signature verification and implementation details. Testimony was cut short because of the session deadline, and the bill had not been disposed of in the excerpt.

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• Access to a device at home is no longer a luxury. Access to a device at home is no longer a luxury.
• When students lack access to technology outside of school, opportunity gaps widen quickly.
• to online platforms that aren’t as easily accessible by phone.
• We know that cardiac arrest does not discriminate, but access to timely care does.
• Please do, and we will make sure all members of this committee have access.

Bills: SB6222 , SB6263 , SB6118 , SB6261 , SB6320

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: public education, technology access, surplus hardware, digital divide, student resources, school district, public bidding, bid limits, procurement, public works, construction contracts, competitive bidding, lowest responsible bidder, small works roster, quotations, school purchasing, Washington-grown food, local food, inmate work programs, Department of Corrections

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• Counselors can easily access it.
• We're talking about a digital file of the data.
• So take the digital file and create the exchange.
• So take the digital file and create the exchange.
• Were you able to be bringing in digital information and sending it, transmitting it in digital form?

Bills: SB6052 , SB6051 , SB5907 , SB5860 , SB5574

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: digital transcript, transcript sharing, student records, education data exchange, K-12, higher education, community colleges, universities, school districts, charter schools, state-tribal education compact schools, educational service districts, data interoperability, secure platform, student consent, FERPA, privacy, education technology, records management, transcript standard

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• Access to emergency services is a fundamental reason that we pay taxes.
• And keep in mind, whatever savings might accrue... ...improve access for eligible families.
• assets, and consider the implications of investing in Bitcoin ETFs and other digital assets.
• assets, and consider the implications of investing in Bitcoin ETFs and other digital assets.
• Chair and members, Senate Bill 1432 prohibits federally recognized central bank digital currency from

Bills: HB2070 , HB2129 , HB2227 , HB2439 , HB2667 , HB2745 , HB2773 , HB2825 , HB2873 , HB2876 , HCR2005 , HCR2044 , SB1002 , SB1036 , SB1054 , SB1271 , SB1432 , SB1435 , SB1437 , SB1439 , SCR1022 , SCR1031 , SCR1033

Committees: Senate Government , Senate Senate Government Committee of Reference

Keywords: flood relief, Gila County, emergency funding, public safety, environmental cleanup, municipal libraries, annual reporting, state legislation, transparency, government accountability, chiropractic, chiropractor, chiropractic board, state board of chiropractic examiners, license discipline, unprofessional conduct, patient records, record retention, HIPAA, conflict of interest