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• Line 39. to the meat inspection program at the department.
• Line 225 is $3.1 million. $1,000,000 for the Dairy Processing and Wastewater Assistance for the First
• Paragraph F is for meat and poultry inspection services. Paragraph G is for changes.
• Clause 4 is for meat, poultry, egg, and milk processing.
• heard on March 26th that creates the Agri Works and Support Programs to oversee a competitive grant process

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• So thank you for focusing on the meat and potatoes of good governance.
• So thank you for focusing on the meat and potatoes of good governance.
• on this bill and look forward to your continued engagement as the bill moves through the committee process
• IT projects that have gone awry and you specifically, Chair, had some great ways of getting to the meat

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• >> I rise in opposition to the amendment. produce lab grown meat to reduce carbon produce lab grown meat
• <04:14:37.040> to and Alabama banned lab grown meat to and Alabama banned lab grown meat to
• meat in the future.
• does not manufacture lab grown meat. does not manufacture lab grown meat.
• Has no projects for lab grown meat.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, July 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• and at the bread and then the the meat and at the bread and then the meat<00:29:41.000> and<00
• inherently a violation of due process. inherently a violation of due process.
• We've heard about some process concerns or some process questions, concerns about maybe the enforcement
• ><01:20:06.560> or<01:20:06.640> some about some process concerns or some about some process
• We're going to be grant processes.

Bills: HF3878, HF4131, HF3796, HF4097

Keywords: airport workers, wage standards, labor rights, minimum wage, economic equity, surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, consumer rights, automated decision systems, Minnesota Statutes, suitable seating, employee seating, workplace seating, occupational safety, workplace safety, labor standards, employer requirements, chair, stool

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• Uh, the meat of this is on page three, line 79, where you just strike the wording there.
• Uh<00:11:18.160> the<00:11:18.399> the<00:11:18.480> the<00:11:19.200> meat
• But my thing is looking at the simplification of the process or even if it was in a certain amount of
• But my thing is looking at the simplification of the process or even if it was in a certain amount of
• But my thing is looking at the simplification of the process or even if it was in a certain amount of

Bills: SB42, SB166, SB42, SB166

Keywords: abandoned roads, land ownership, government regulations, property rights, transportation, Ten Commandments, public education, displays, funding, Alabama law, municipal elections, runoff elections, majority voting, electoral procedures, local governance, campaign finance, record retention, political action committees, Fair Campaign Practices Act, 1136

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• the meat.
• So they have a meat processing plant that they have implemented, that they've purchased.
• And so their goal is to process.
• They process the meat from their bison herd through the meat processing, and then use that to feed their
• So it becomes basically a whole process of taking back.

Keywords: tribal sovereignty, healthcare, education, public safety, Economic Development, Tax Parity Act, PROTECT Act, trust obligations, bipartisan support, Indian Health Services

Summary: The committee meeting focused on crucial issues facing tribal nations, particularly emphasizing the federal government's trust and treaty obligations. The discussions highlighted ongoing challenges such as disparities in healthcare, education, and public safety within Native communities. Chair Murkowski underscored the importance of listening to Native leaders and aligning congressional efforts with community needs, advocating for legislative actions that support tribal sovereignty and economic development. Various initiatives, including the Tax Parity Act and the PROTECT Act, aimed at addressing jurisdictional and financial disparities, were discussed in detail. A call for bipartisan support to alleviate the funding shortages affecting Indian Health Services was made several times during the meeting. Testimonies from tribal leaders and representatives emphasized the dire need for legislative support to enhance infrastructure, healthcare access, and public safety initiatives in tribal communities.

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• And the meat processing facility tax credit program has a $4.13 return on investment.
• Well, the meat processing tax credit was the highest one. It's over $4. R.I. Over $4.
• The meat processing facility investment tax credit is one that was pointed out to with a $4 rate of return
• Other meat production industries are flat during that time.
• Maybe the tax credit process ought to actually be an appropriated process, so that instead of having

Summary: The House took up a series of conference committee reports and third-read Senate bills near the end of session, with several members also recognizing House drafters and research staff. The chamber first adopted and finally passed Senate Joint Resolution 87, which drew debate over whether the measure would remove the City of St. Louis sheriff as an elected office; supporters said the change also applied to other charter governments, while opponents argued it reduced local autonomy. The report and final passage both succeeded on 95-46 votes. Members then adopted and finally passed Senate Bill 973, a package combining a wholesaler/real estate transparency measure with a land bank provision. Senate Bill 1421, a broad public safety bill, was also advanced after a motion to exceed the conference differences; supporters highlighted provisions on clean slate, masked intimidation, prosecuting attorney salaries, fentanyl, gift card fraud, unmanned aircraft, and other public safety items. The conference report passed 116-18, the bill finally passed 110-25, and the emergency clause for the drone-related portion passed 136-5. The House also adopted and finally passed Senate Bills 835 and 1111, a combined conference report that included insurance consumer protections, court administration updates, treatment court and judgeship provisions, a St. Louis civil case surcharge, and the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act. Senate Bill 1408 was stripped back to a single issue authorizing MoDOT to consider raising rural interstate speed limits from 70 to 75 mph, and it passed 93-46. Senate Bill 913, extending several agriculture tax credits and adding a short line railroad credit, prompted extended debate over tax credits, budget pressures, and whether such incentives should be extended now or later; a proposed child tax credit amendment was withdrawn, and the bill ultimately passed 107-30. The House then began debate on Senate Bill 1553, a critical minerals and pharmaceutical manufacturing incentive bill, with supporters framing it as a jobs and supply-chain security measure and opponents raising questions about tax incentives and local impacts.

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• They all receive, it's the same process.
• It goes to a complaint process. And that complaint process is completely obscured from the public.
• Meat hormones, especially those... used on red meat have been linked to early puberty in young girls,
• processing.
• Processed foods. No need. I've done it for you.

Bills: SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SB37, SB8, SB10, SB227, SB261, SB12, SB15, SJR27, SB552, SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB25, SB57, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB512, SB241, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2035, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB310, SB1346, SB2753, SB2703, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SCR9, HB5560, HB762, HB 107, HB 114, HB300, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323

Keywords: sexual abuse, nondisclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements, public policy, victim rights, lottery, bingo, regulation, Texas Lottery Commission, Department of Licensing and Regulation, criminal offenses, state administration, audits, transfers, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation

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• you just Define for me what process you just Define for me what process review<02:01:06.280>
• Inspection Act's custom exempt meat processing inspection criteria, with a third-party inspector present
• at slaughter so that processed beef, pork, lamb, and goat meat can be sold as individual cuts directly
• Inspection Act's custom exempt meat processing inspection criteria with a third-party inspector present
• at slaughter so that processed beef, pork, lamb, and goat meat can be sold as individual cuts directly

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting covered two main items. First, the solid waste subcommittee reviewed draft language for HB 707, focusing on landfill siting and permitting standards. Members and the Department of Environmental Services discussed replacing repeated references to “aquifer” with “drinking water well,” clarifying that aquifer is a broad term, and considering whether a statutory definition was needed. They also debated the bill’s setback and time-of-travel provisions, including the 10^-5 standard, a 1,500-foot distance, and whether the bill should rely more on performance-based criteria than prescriptive distances. Another major topic was permit denial language tied to applicants with significant histories of repeated serious violations or landfill-related litigation; the department said it already has related authority in current rules, but noted some wording was still too vague and could be tightened. No vote was taken, and the chair closed the hearing with plans to continue work later. The second item was a work session on HB 424, which would direct the Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food to create forms for businesses to request information about service animals and establish a study committee on fraudulent or untrained service animals. Several members said the problem raised by the bill was real but expressed concern that the legislature may be limited by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Others argued that a study committee would likely not produce a workable solution and might conflict with leadership’s direction to avoid unnecessary study committees. Members discussed whether the bill should be retained, amended, or instead replaced with a letter or resolution to the federal delegation. The committee appeared to lean toward ITL and possibly pursuing a letter to federal officials, but no final vote is reflected in the transcript.

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• and poultry processing workers.
• and poultry processing workers. and poultry processing workers.
• um job application process. um job application process.
• job posting process. job posting process.
• Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing<00:15:57.280> Workers<00:15:57.760> Act.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• jobs from Family Farms to processing jobs from Family Farms to processing plants<00:35:49.359>
• During this process, of course, I reached out to MDA.
• It helps our rural economy where the infrastructure that Minnesota has placed into local meat processing
• Minnesota has placed into local meat Minnesota has placed into local meat processing<01:40:30.560
• that we're having to of the meats that we're having to process<01:41:12.199> for<01:41:12.440

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I know there's a... ...are full of meat or whatever.
• So we're in the process of getting that in place.
• The PERS board does follow a standard process in our rulemaking process, which includes staff preparation
• The PERS board does follow a standard process in our rulemaking process, which includes staff preparation
• This is the process that we followed for the rules before you today.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Committee met on June 11 and first approved the March 12, 2026 minutes by voice vote. It then granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rules tied to recent legislation, including North Dakota’s participation in the physician assistant licensure compact and a new physician nutrition continuing education requirement. The Board said it was waiting on compact rules and fee information before finalizing its own changes. The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the Office of Management and Budget on broad personnel rule revisions, including salary administration, recruitment, leave, sick leave, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR language and implement recent legislation such as enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions and new hire leave. Members questioned the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but OMB and counsel said those standards come from statute, not the rules. The committee also heard and accepted rule packages from the Lottery, the Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, the State Electrical Board, the Industrial Commission, PERS, and Health and Human Services, with each agency describing mostly technical, clarifying, or statutory-conforming changes and noting the public notice and comment process. The most significant action came during the Gaming Commission rules presentation. After questioning whether the commission had authority to raise the poker tournament buy-in limit from $300 to $1,500, members moved to void Section 99-01.3-09-01 on the ground that the agency lacked statutory authority for that change. The motion passed on a roll call vote. The committee also discussed several gaming-related issues, including online raffles, kiosk use, advertising restrictions, and the broader policy question of whether charities should be allowed to own bars, but took no further formal action on those topics.

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• <00:24:30.679> cutting<00:24:31.080> program to utilize their meat cutting program
• to utilize their meat cutting program this<00:24:32.120> initiative<00:24:32.559> is<00
• meat Cutters additionally<00:24:40.640> we<00:24:40.760> are<00:24:41.120> looking<
• <00:47:06.280> because um can do well in that process because um can do well in that process
• approach the budget um setting process approach the budget um setting process thank<00:47:13.119

Bills: HF1439, HF1004, HF498, HF1326

Keywords: HF1439, Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation, Carts to Careers, workforce development fund, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, grocery industry, food industry, food retail, retail workforce, job training, career pathways, scholarships, certifications, workforce pipeline, one-time appropriation, industry training, labor shortage, youth employment, apprenticeship

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• So please bear with us as we kind of work through your process. It's new to us.
• Yes, yeah, absolutely, as it moves forward with the process. Thanks.
• What's the process that you've gone to to do that?
• And the process is not over for folks in the audience.
• This bill will start the grant-making process sooner. That is our hope.

Summary: The Assembly Agriculture Committee met as a subcommittee at first because a quorum was not yet present, then adopted its committee rules for the 2025-2026 legislative session by a 5-0 vote. The committee heard a series of agriculture-related bills, with most measures receiving broad support and moving forward. AB 1142 by Assemblymember Hoover would raise the fee thresholds for small public horse events that are exempt from equine medication monitoring rules; supporters said the current limits are outdated and hurt small riding clubs, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 411 by Assemblymember Papin would allow ranchers to compost livestock carcasses on-farm; supporters cited cost, environmental, and predator-control benefits, while rendering industry representatives asked for amendments to protect existing services and limit the bill’s scope. The bill passed to Natural Resources. AB 482 by Assemblymember Solache would modernize the California Table Grape Commission law and raise assessment caps without increasing assessments themselves; it passed to Appropriations. AB 312 by Vice Chair Alanis would shorten the holding period for ag theft property from six months to three months; it also passed to Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 937 and AB 947 by Assemblymember Connolly. AB 937 would make technical changes to the Organic Transition Pilot Program to improve access to organic transition support, with testimony from a farmer who said the program helped him pursue organic certification; the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 947 would expand and refine technical assistance under the Healthy Soils/Climate Smart Agriculture programs, including training, grant writing, matching funds coordination, equipment sharing, and outcome monitoring; supporters said the changes would help small and organic producers access state climate programs, and it also passed to Appropriations. AB 1486, presented by the chair, would use Proposition 4 funding to start grants for public postsecondary agricultural research farms focused on climate resiliency; members praised the role of CSU and UC research farms, and the bill passed to Natural Resources as amended. The most extensive discussion centered on AB 928 by Assemblymember Rogers, the California Cockfighting Cruelty Act. Supporters argued the bill would help law enforcement target cockfighting and rooster trafficking, reduce avian disease risks, and protect public health and animal welfare; opponents, including poultry hobbyists, breeders, and 4-H-related participants, said it would overreach into lawful poultry keeping and harm heritage-breed and youth programs, urging instead that cockfighting penalties be increased to a felony. Committee members echoed concerns about unintended impacts on legitimate poultry owners and requested continued work on exemptions and language. The bill passed to Judiciary on a 5-2-1 vote, with one no vote and one abstention, and the chair noted that further committee review would continue as the bill advances.

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• The meats are processed in the state, and then they're served to our kids in our schools.
• not USDA... ...processing plants, so they're not USDA or state inspected.
• , say, in Nebraska, because that's the nearest processing plant.
• It could be a peanut butter sandwich, which would be the grain and the meat.
• or You're using a mix of pre-processed or raw ingredients.

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:03:07.920> and oversight over the processes and oversight over the processes and procedures
• And we've done the process. It's not a new process for us. We've been doing it.
• <00:14:21.760> right an open process right an open process right >> yes<00:14:23.920
• <00:20:17.520> It the meat of what this bill does. It the meat of what this bill does.
• that the process is taking place. that the process is taking place.

Bills: HB0085, HB0086

Keywords: elections, audit procedures, ballot integrity, political party observation, transparency, county officials, election code, misconduct, removal, government accountability, 916, all

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• In the same way that there are meat inspectors at meat inspection plants, we would hope to have USDA
• That supplies our meat supply.
• That review panel process or the dual panel review process included dozens and dozens of some of the
• Meat is safe.
• I think we've got processes in place to safeguard Processes are there for a reason.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So, all we're trying to do is speed up the process in an area that the process has already been vetted
• cultivated meat prohibit. cultivated meat prohibit.
• This bill would prevent lab grown meat This bill would prevent lab grown meat from<03:24:57.200>
• without being destroyed by the process. without being destroyed by the process.
• process. Thank you. process. Thank you.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Representative Larson: About more transparency and the complication of the process.
• And really that's the meat of the bill is inserting everywhere where it says nonprofit association to
• And really that's the meat of the bill is inserting everywhere where it says nonprofit association to
• Surgery is a very big moving portion of this process.
• Uh as well as to prevent the weaponization of the process itself.

Keywords: 916, all

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• They're processed correctly.
• Make sure the board processed correctly.
• They learn about curing process, food safety, meat production, food preservation, and then they also
• So as those applications that process.
• through the process.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee convened for its first meeting, called the roll, elected co-chairs under KRS 248.723, and approved the prior meeting minutes. Representative Michael Pollock was elected House co-chair and Senator Jason Howell was elected Senate co-chair, allowing the meeting to proceed. The Agricultural Development Board then reported on activity from December 2024 through April 2025. Staff described board and finance corporation funding totals for each month, county council meeting activity, leadership trainings, lender trainings, and outreach events such as Kentucky Proud breakfast, Ag Tag Month, and agriculture education week. The report also highlighted several funded projects: a Whitesburg farmers market project for Cowan Community Action Group, Community Farm Alliance’s work supporting farmers markets and nutrition programs, a Metcalfe County 4-H ham project, Hopkinsville Elevator’s rail expansion, and W and W Veterinary Services’ large-animal facility upgrade. Members discussed the importance of the tobacco settlement funds and the committee’s stewardship role. Senator Webb urged new members to read House Bill 611 and its history, emphasizing careful use of the limited funds and noting the committee’s statutory mission. Representative King asked about possible federal nutrition policy changes, and staff said Kentucky is already pursuing a “Food as Medicine” initiative and a partnership with the Kentucky Hospital Association. The meeting also recognized interns and announced a June 20, 2025, 25th anniversary event for the Agricultural Development Fund at the Kentucky History Center.