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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The federal standards are not... ...not mean humane or even adequately regulated.
  • The federal standards are not humane.
  • The fur industry presents high climate and environmental costs with significant emissions and land use
  • These stores are highly regulated, inspected, and provide warranties, standards that are not required
  • Traps that meet these modern standards are mostly unlawful for Massachusetts trappers, animal control
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee hearing covered a wide range of animal, wildlife, hunting, and environmental bills. Early testimony focused on deer management, with Rep. Markey urging creation of a deer commission to address crop damage, vehicle collisions, and Lyme disease, and Sen. Durant supporting bills to allow Sunday bow hunting, expand crossbow use, and reduce the 500-foot dwelling restriction for archery hunting. Supporters framed these measures as practical wildlife-management tools, while questions centered on how they would differ from existing Fish and Wildlife authority and whether they would allow hunting closer to residences. Later, Rep. Sena also spoke in support of a bill to increase protected wildlife management areas and another to require non-lead ammunition, arguing both would benefit biodiversity and reduce environmental harm. A substantial portion of the hearing addressed animal welfare and commerce. Multiple witnesses supported bills to ban or phase out the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops, arguing that pet stores rely on puppy mills and obscure the source of animals, while opponents said the bills would hurt responsible breeders, small businesses, and consumer choice. The committee also heard strong testimony for bills to ban the sale of cats and dogs in pet shops, with supporters citing sick animals, consumer deception, and the need to cut off the puppy mill supply chain. In a separate animal-testing segment, witnesses backed bills requiring non-animal testing methods for cosmetics and household products, saying alternatives are more accurate and humane; biomedical research representatives opposed those bills and a related research-animal measure, warning of unintended restrictions on research institutions and arguing animal models remain necessary for many studies. The committee also heard testimony on horseshoe crab conservation, with supporters of H. 898 urging an end to taking horseshoe crabs for bait because of population declines, shorebird impacts, and the species’ importance to biomedical science. On wildlife trafficking, witnesses backed bills to ban intrastate sales of ivory and rhino horn, saying Massachusetts should close loopholes that aid poaching and align with federal law and other states; one antique dealer testified in support, saying he avoids such items and still sees them in the marketplace. Additional testimony supported bans on fur products from factory farms and on force-feeding birds for foie gras, with advocates emphasizing cruelty, public health, and environmental concerns. The hearing was lengthy and heavily attended, with the chairs repeatedly limiting testimony to three minutes and inviting written submissions; no committee votes or final actions were taken during the transcript excerpt.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (04/14/2025)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Standard tariffs shall be made available until such time as commission approved.
  • Standard tariffs shall be made supply.
  • </c><01:09:16.719><c> So</c><01:09:17.040><c> standard</c> the distribution utility.
  • So standard the distribution utility.
  • </c> to be compensated under a standard to be compensated under a standard tariff<01:09:40.960><c> and
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee met on April 14 and began by welcoming a new member, Representative Samban Denier, who briefly described his background as a Clarkson University environmental engineering graduate and Air Force veteran. The committee then moved into a work session on five energy-related bills, starting with Senate Bill 65 on stormwater management for solar arrays. Representative McGee presented amendment 1594H, which would exclude projects in shoreland areas from the bill’s permit-by-notification process and require the standard alteration-of-terrain permit review instead. Members asked for clarification, and McGee explained the amendment was requested by the New Hampshire Lakes Association and others to preserve the fuller review process for shoreland projects. The committee appeared satisfied with the explanation and moved on. The committee next discussed Senate Bill 230 on electric utility restructuring and investment in distributed energy resources. Members concluded that section one was unnecessary because a better definition of advanced nuclear resources had already been added to House Bill 710, and that section two would allow investment in advanced nuclear resources in a way they had already rejected in another bill due to ratepayer risk. Several members agreed the bill was redundant and supported an ITL motion. They also discussed Senate Bill 232 on net metering terms and conditions, focusing first on whether hydroelectric generators could be listed in ISO New England while also taking net metering credits. Granite State Hydropower Association representative Heidi Kroll testified that generators are subject to checks and balances, that double-dipping is not occurring, and that rules and tariffs already require participation in one market arrangement or the other. Discussion on Senate Bill 232 then shifted to section two, which would bar retroactive changes to net metering tariffs in place as of January 1, 2025. Representative McGee proposed alternative language to protect existing customer generators, group hosts, and municipal hosts from retroactive changes, while others said the language was needed to provide stability for current participants operating on thin margins. Some members supported the clearer wording; others argued the committee should not tie the hands of the PUC and DOE, noting future circumstances could require regulatory flexibility and that conflicts could be resolved in court if necessary. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the meeting provided, and the discussion was still ongoing when the transcript ended.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Feb 10th, 2026

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • deliver new revenue to the general fund from building materials and it also includes the accidental emission
  • deliver new revenue to the general fund from building materials and it also includes the accidental emission
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, there was a uh attempt to certify the election, uh, that is usually pretty standard.
  • We saw that happen this term, and it was again pretty standard.
  • It was not so standard, and it was kind of frenzied, to say the least. and it was again pretty standard
  • But on and it was again pretty standard.
  • </c><07:25:50.798><c> I</c><07:25:51.040><c> I</c> Fully zero-emission General Motors.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Apr 14th, 2026

Water, Parks and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • Assembly Bill 1722 establishes, Should set a clear standard.
  • and surpass the standards that are actually at the rest of our state parks.
  • Water quality standards have been met.
  • And it's an extremely high standard, right?
  • And it's not requiring that as a technology standard per se.
Keywords: 988, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • We're in strong opposition to HB 2306. increasing the standard deduction does increasing the standard
  • </c><01:05:52.240><c> deduction,</c> if we increase the standard deduction, if we increase the standard
  • </c><01:10:25.160><c> deduction</c> that increasing the standard deduction that increasing the standard
  • </c><01:48:32.085><c> [snorts]</c> and standardization [snorts] and standardization [snorts] on<01:48
  • </c> some standardization. some standardization. All<01:49:09.200><c> right.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (03/05/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> same New Hampshire credentiing standards same New Hampshire credentiing standards for<04:38:43.119
  • That is an extreme exclusionary standard reserved for the presidency and vice presidency.
  • </c> That is an extreme exclusionary standard That is an extreme exclusionary standard reserved<06:26
  • This bill codifies a uniform method so all communities operate under the same clear standard.
  • This bill codifies a uniform method so all communities operate under the same clear standard.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • As part of the study, they were assessed with gold standard assessments at Stanford immediately before
  • Unlicensed personnel, including aides, administrators, and others, are not held to the same standard,
  • By aligning these facilities with the standards already in place for other healthcare settings, how..
  • the fact that, yes, this person did an appendectomy today, and they did it to the same level and standard
  • We have countless laws and regulations regarding industry standards, our labels, and inspection processes
Summary: The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Mar 10th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I can see so clearly how the DPRIP bill will position Texas as the gold standard in dementia-related
  • give photons, there is an effect that was developed many years ago by Einstein called the photo emission
  • It was given to our troops. in the U.S. during World War II as a standard medication for or anti-malaria
  • Her husband I mentioned was a physician. and was able to formally assess her progress using the standard
  • but most of them yes it is becoming this is this is gonna be the new norm it's gonna be the gold standard
Bills: HB5, HJR3, HB155, HB513, HB5, HB155
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Feb 18th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • state highway fund, but we have a cap at 10% and that appears to be appropriate. based on what is standard
  • want to say struggled with tried to figure out how to right size that I will give for example Terp emission
  • can file e-reports for allegations. of abuse, neglect, and exploitation and child care licensing standards
  • contracts, and once you're in stage three, you have the opportunity if your performance exceeds standards
  • reduce those statewide intake hold times to five. minutes, there is a request related to that. the standard
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 05/01/26

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also know that the DNR has confirmed that the trails are at a standard that can handle these machines
  • We also know that the DNR has confirmed that the trails are at a standard that can handle these machines
  • We're already facing increased costs to transportation with the greenhouse gas emissions requirements
  • We're already facing increased costs to transportation with the greenhouse gas emissions requirements
  • Um and this relates practice standards.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (02/09/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 1535, relative to clarifying eligible renewable energy classes under the renewable portfolio standard
  • Equally critical, the bill imposes no standard of care for the treatment of customer data by municipal
  • However, capacity planning has a standardized meaning, which would include those pieces, right?
  • </c><05:55:55.920><c> and</c> and it also goes on uh for emissions and and it also goes on uh for emissions
  • The bill doesn't quite meet the standards of what the utility can work with.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Mon Jan 13, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • where you can get maybe closer standards where you can get maybe closer to<01:16:26.719><c> 15</c><01
  • climate change sea level rise emissions climate change sea level rise we<02:21:37.439><c> pushed</c>
  • And we're talking about our kind of standard 20% fixed vacancy rate, and if there are ways to string
  • </c><05:09:12.480><c> that</c><05:09:12.638><c> can</c> build to a different standard that can build
  • </c><05:56:58.240><c> manager</c> Cohen our measurement standards manager Cohen our measurement standards
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center. Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu. A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (02/06/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • students benefit from utilizing these methods and techniques that have proven to be the current gold standard
  • gentleman took a page out of the IPCC report, which is good because the IPCC report is the gold standard
  • words clean energy into the statutory construction that redefines a well-defined term to include low-emissions
  • we could amend this to, but I just don't want to see us passing a definition that is really non-standard
  • we could amend this to, but I just don't want to see us passing a definition that is really non-standard
Keywords: 1189, house, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have Lili Skelton, who is a state champion and all-state in standard oratory.
  • Because she holds me to a very high standard. So Anna, thank you for being my rock.
  • and then we are changing from 300% because that is stricken, and now it reads 555% of the income standard
  • question, no, the 300% then you look at the next line of the and see the stricken language income standard
  • I think the Oklahoma standard could do better than that.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The storms can be tumultuous, but we can weather through as a community and as the Oklahoma standard,
  • And whereas agriculture's success is vital to maintaining the strength of Oklahoma's economy, the standard
  • And I would say that the American Camp Association has the highest accreditation standards.
  • So, for some camps who maybe don't have the funds, they follow those standards, but they're not A member
  • understand that there might be accreditation agencies out there that would like to have a higher standard
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have Lily Skelton, who is a state champion and all-state in standard oratory.
  • because she is my most sincere, genuine, and harshest critic, because she holds me to a very high standard
  • then we are changing from 300%, because that is stricken, and now it reaches 555% of the income standard
  • The 300% then you look at the next line and see the stricken language: income standard used to qualify
  • I think the Oklahoma Standard can do better than that.
Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, gallery introductions, and extended farewell remarks from Senator Jett, who reflected on his six years in the Legislature, his focus on representing constituents, protecting families, and holding government accountable. Several senators responded with personal tributes, praising his conviction, faith, family involvement, and willingness to ask difficult questions. No votes were taken during the farewell portion. The chamber then considered House Bill 2268, a PACE appropriation to support comprehensive care for low-income seniors and expand services in rural Oklahoma. The bill was amended to restore the title, advanced, and passed 34-9, then passed as an emergency measure 36-7. House Bill 3000, a cosmetology and barbering measure, made multiple changes including board reorganization, adding a human trafficking specialist and massage therapist, shifting some licensing functions to Service Oklahoma, and eliminating the massage therapy advisory board. It drew significant debate over process and policy, especially from senators concerned about late changes, lack of board input, and the human trafficking rationale; it passed 25-19 and then as an emergency 33-11. The Senate also passed House Bill 3043, allowing the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to hire prorated seasonal staff for veterans homes, 37-6; House Bill 3066, creating a revolving fund for federal workforce training money for behavioral health recruitment and retention, 38-6 and as an emergency; and House Bill 3078, allowing donation options on state payment forms for the ODVA revolving fund, 45-0 and as an emergency. Additional measures passed included House Bill 3143, extending the moratorium on new medical marijuana business licenses to 2028, 39-7; House Bill 3144, capping medical marijuana commercial grower licenses at 2,550 after amendment, 34-12; House Bill 3244 on identity theft, 46-0; House Bill 3298 on child interview procedures in court cases, 46-0 and as an emergency; House Bill 3320, replacing the traditional sunset process with more immediate legislative review of agencies, 33-13 and as an emergency; House Bill 3321, requiring county data collection and reporting related to court costs and financial obligations, 45-0 and as an emergency; House Bill 3329, a trailer bill adding a repealer and a sunset for the Board of Psychological Examiners, 33-10 and as an emergency; House Bill 3431, expanding restrictions on foreign entities owning or leasing land and critical minerals, 43-0; House Bill 3464, setting safety and training requirements for certain projects involving fire code compliance and decommissioning, 43-0 and as an emergency; and House Bill 3499, expanding special judges’ authority over vehicle title orders, which was presented and advanced as the transcript ended.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • responsibilities to require the office to perform certain functions, and provide relative to cybersecurity standards
  • House Bill 825 by Representative Brob, stated value policies, to clarify valuation standards, notices
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then spent much of the morning on personal privileges recognizing guests and honoring individuals and organizations. Recognitions included the Zachary High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams for back-to-back state championships, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity for Blue and White Day, visitors from Natchitoches Parish, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, the Parish Presidents Association, Crime Stoppers of Greater New Orleans, student parents pursuing higher education, and a delegation from Alexandria honoring the late Dr. Joe S. Green. The House also adopted or laid over several condolence and commendation resolutions, including tributes to former Northwestern State football coach Sam Goodwin, Michael B. Jordan, Richard Williams, and others. The chamber received a large batch of Senate bills and House bills for referral, covering topics such as retirement systems, highway memorial designations, criminal justice, education, health and welfare, municipal governance, insurance, natural resources, and tax policy. Committee reports were read across multiple committees, with many bills reported favorably or with amendments, and several measures advanced to third reading or were recommitted to other committees. Among the actions taken, the House adopted resolutions honoring community figures and organizations, concurred in several Senate resolutions, and moved a number of bills forward, including measures on criminal penalties, school policy, environmental regulation, insurance, and public retirement. Near the end of the session, the Speaker outlined plans for the next day’s floor debate, noting 54 bills scheduled and explaining that questions on bills would send them to the bottom of the list rather than removing them. The House then recessed until 3:30 p.m., with members instructed to return for regular order and continued debate on the calendar.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and responsibilities to require the office to perform certain functions, including cybersecurity standards
  • House Bill 825 by Representative Broussard, stated value policies, to clarify valuation standards; notices