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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I watch the different things that are coming up, and otherwise, I watch online.
  • Um, we've got multiple bills, some regarding requirements on social media platforms, some from an app
Bills: SB140, HB235, HB276, HB317, HB340
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Collecting and storing sensitive data for age verification would make social media platforms prime...
  • would make social media platforms prime targets for hackers, putting users' personal information at
  • Learning that maybe you shouldn't communicate with this adult online and... ...online.
  • , drug sales, gun sales, and... ...platform, drug sales, gun sales, and how they actually respond to
  • It's time for these platforms to take responsibility.
Bills: HB235, HB276, HB285
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • too long ago, but it involves the Airbnb industry, or, um, there's other basically they're called online
  • look at our financials, which we are required to send to the Department of Health, and they post it online
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/23/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • 56.480> will<00:10:56.800> come<00:10:56.959> on New dairy farms will have come online
  • renter or a visitor has committed damage to your property and they refused to pay you back, the platform
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:17:21.199> where centralized digital platform where centralized digital platform where
  • statewide, make it one digital platforms statewide, make it one digital platforms for<01:18:11.360
  • This is an workforce digital platform.
  • We um various social media platforms.
  • Kaplan if you want to do them online Kaplan if you want to do them online which<01:39:28.400>
Bills: HF3004, HF3663
TX
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met to consider several pending measures and adopted committee substitutes on multiple bills before voting them out. Senate Bill 2403, Senate Bill 1888 (jury wheel procedures in certain counties), Senate Bill 2417 (Attorney General actions under the Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act), Senate Bill 2459 (personal identifying information for judiciary employees), and Senate Bill 2943 (discrimination involving occupational licenses) were each reported favorably to the full Senate, with most passing unanimously and SB 2943 passing on a 10-1 vote. The committee also certified SB 1888, SB 2417, and SB 2459 for the local and uncontested calendars, and later did the same for SB 2943. The committee then considered House Joint Resolution 98, the Convention of States resolution, which was reported favorably to the full Senate on an 8-3 vote. House Bill 1393, dealing with daylight saving time and keeping the state on daylight saving time year-round, was also reported favorably, with the committee noting it heard the House bill rather than a Senate companion. House Bill 2884, concerning financial relationship disclosures for defense contractors, was likewise reported favorably, with the final tally announced as 11 ayes and 1 nay. No testimony was taken in the excerpt, and no substantive debate was recorded beyond brief clarifications about the bills and their companions. After completing the votes and calendar motions, the committee recessed.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • But as far as if you buy that particular platform, you got to go through that platform and through that
  • Let's say you're using Z platform.
  • buy you got to go through that platform buy you got to go through that platform and<00:37:27.760
  • I mean, there is ways you can get paid by platforms if you bring enough people to the platform and you
  • paid directly from platforms as well. paid directly from platforms as well.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Feb 4th, 2026

Commerce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to figure out a way to rein in some of this stuff online.
  • We need to figure out a way to rein in some of this stuff online.
  • the age of consent online for kids is 13.
  • I'm the policy director at the Family Online Safety Institute, a nonprofit that works with parents, platforms
  • By knowing the age or age range of their users, apps and platforms can deliver safer online experiences
Summary: The committee first postponed SB 1456, then heard SB 1236, which would condition state economic development incentives on employers using secret-ballot union elections and prohibit neutrality agreements. The sponsor argued the bill protects workers from coercion and applies only to companies receiving taxpayer-funded incentives; opponents said it was government interference, likely to hurt contractors, apprenticeships, and business growth, and raised concerns about federal preemption and Attorney General enforcement. After debate, the committee reported SB 1236 favorably on a recorded vote. The committee then considered CS/SB 198, a measure to regulate cryptocurrency kiosks by requiring operator registration, fraud warnings, transaction limits, blockchain analytics, receipts, and refund protections for certain first-time transactions tied to fraud. Supporters from the banking industry, AARP, and others said the bill would help stop scams that are targeting seniors and vulnerable adults; one industry witness supported the bill but suggested narrowing the limits for existing users and shortening the new-customer period. The committee reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1356 on dog breeding, pet sales, and breeder registration. The sponsor said the bill is intended to curb puppy mills, improve animal welfare, and add consumer protections, while an amendment removed state oversight of local animal shelters. Pet store representatives supported much of the bill but objected to the three-day waiting period for financed purchases, expanded reimbursement, and unfair trade practice penalties; others argued the bill would add red tape and litigation. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard SB 1722 on app stores and minors, which would require age verification, parental consent for minors, app-content disclosures, and enforcement by the Department of Legal Affairs. Supporters said the bill would help parents protect children online; opponents warned it could force collection of sensitive personal data, create privacy and constitutional problems, and duplicate existing parental tools. Members debated the balance between child safety and privacy, and the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 422 on ADS-B aviation data, which would bar use of ADS-B information to calculate certain landing or access fees; an amendment added departures to the restriction. Pilots supported the bill as a safety and privacy measure, while airport representatives opposed it as undermining airport finances and shifting costs. The amendment was adopted, and the hearing on the bill began with testimony from both sides.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Current law does not allow these non-profits to sell raffle tickets online, restricting them to in-person
  • Sales are only permitting online promotion and advertisement.
  • Websites to sell tickets online for a statewide raffle.
  • Doing so gives these organizations the ability to accept online payments, provide transparency, and conduct
  • Thirty-five other states currently allow charitable raffles to be sold online.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/17/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • media platforms. media platforms.
  • from platforms to protect Minnesota<00:53:42.400> youth<00:53:42.720> online.
  • spending online if they feel the need? spending online if they feel the need?
  • <01:16:16.320> Um safer online." I do not believe that. Um safer online."
  • . platforms. platforms.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Such tech platforms, should such tech platforms exist?
  • Struggling to get online platforms... ...to remove images that were non-consensually obtained.
  • Design of an algorithmic recommendation by online platforms contribute to the facilitation of drug sales
  • And those cases get thrown out of court because the online platform says, well, I didn't know about that
  • Understanding that predators can now get to our children through online platforms and online, what is
Summary: The committee meeting focused on the pressing issues surrounding child safety online, with a particular emphasis on recent legislative efforts aimed at curbing child sexual exploitation and harmful content accessible through social media platforms. Senators engaged in a heated discussion regarding the implications of Big Tech's lobbying efforts against vital bills such as the Stop CSAM Act and the Kids Online Safety Act. Noteworthy testimonies highlighted real-life impacts of online dangers, including tragic cases of child exploitation and drug-related fatalities linked to social media interactions. The bipartisan nature of the committee's commitment to address these issues showcased a collective determination to make the digital environment safer for the younger generation.