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Technology and Innovation Subcommittee

Wednesday, January 28, 2026·22m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee conducted no substantive business, passing all four bills on its agenda by for the day without debate or testimony. The session consisted primarily of member introductions and procedural votes.

Key Actions

·HV654 – Consumer Data Protection Act (Biometric Data Bill)Passed

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Notable Quotes

“Our committee has changed quite significantly this year, which is why I wanted to give everyone a chance to introduce them.”

Holly Seold (Madam Chair) — Madam Chair Holly Seold explained why she opened the session with member introductions before proceeding to the agenda.

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Votes

To pass HB293, HV654, and HB797 by for the day (block vote)No Vote
To pass HB638 by for the dayPassed
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TranscriptPreview
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to CTI technology and Innovation. Let's go ahead. Looks like we have a quorum, so let's go ahead and take roll. All right, it is official. We do have a quorum. So great to see everyone early this Wednesday morning. Before we go ahead and begin, I realize this is actually our first meeting, so I wanted to go ahead and let everyone quickly introduce themselves, and then we'll go ahead and do a little housekeeping. So we'll start at the end. Delegateschmitt. Yeah. My name is Charlie schmidt, representing District 77, which is south Richmond, Northchester Field. Good morning, everyone. My name is Lindsey Doherty. I represent the 75th House District, which is the eastern part of Chesterfield, all of Hopewell, and the northern part of Prince George. Good morning. My name is Marty Martinez. I am delegate for District 29 Central, loud in town Eliseburg. Thank you. Good morning. I'm delegate Rosa Henson, and I don't remember sitting this close to delegate Martinez. So there has been a lot of changes within the last couple of years. I represent Woodbridge in Fairfax, and it's honored to sit next to delegate Martinez. Good morning. I'm…
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