Transcript Highlights:

• And I'm going to talk about that homestead patent lands a little bit later in the presentation here.
• inundated said patent parcels?
• patent parcels?
• Again, those patent parcels are the... ...its claim to the inundated patent parcels.
• Again, those patent parcels are the homestead lands that got transferred before statehood.

Committee: Joint Agriculture and Water Management Committee

Summary: The committee met for its third interim meeting, approved the prior meeting minutes, and heard a series of statutory reports from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Water Resources. Chair Hauck noted that Legislative Management had denied the committee’s earlier request for a fertilizer capacity study, and that the committee would also revisit the proposed Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern merger later in the day. Commissioner Doug Goring reported on several agriculture topics, including uncrewed aerial systems grants to detect noxious weeds, irrigation expansion potential, the low-carbon fuels program for ethanol plants, the Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund, model zoning ordinances for animal feeding operations, and fertilizer production and usage in North Dakota. He emphasized that fertilizer supply depends heavily on natural gas and water, that most nitrogen fertilizer is imported, and that large-scale fertilizer plants require very large capital investments. Members discussed fertilizer storage, natural gas pipeline capacity, water availability, and the role of state infrastructure in supporting value-added agriculture. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Department of Water Resources’ economic analysis tool for water conveyance and flood-related projects. Dr. Dwayne Poole explained that the tool was created under 2017 legislation to help evaluate projects expected to cost $1 million or more, and that the department is proposing adjustments to better account for end-of-useful-life conditions and changing hydrologic data. He said the changes would remain focused on direct, demonstrable costs and benefits, not indirect impacts, and would be implemented through guidance and operating procedures rather than statutory changes. Committee members and water users discussed whether the revisions would better reflect real-world conditions, including deferred maintenance, changing rainfall patterns, and downstream effects. A representative from the Water Resource District Association said the group was working with DWR and hoped to review test scenarios before the June meeting. The committee then received a detailed presentation on Devils Lake, its outlets, and the Tolna Coulee control structure. State Engineer John Paskowski reviewed lake history, outlet capacities, sulfate and downstream flow constraints, and the purpose of the Tolna Coulee structure in limiting head cutting and preventing uncontrolled downstream releases. Members questioned whether the structure was effectively a dam, whether the lake would naturally overflow without it, the last time the outlets ran, and whether water quality in Devils Lake has improved over time. Paskowski said the outlets last operated in August 2025, that sulfate levels still limit operations, and that the lake has freshened somewhat but not enough to eliminate water-quality concerns. The discussion also touched on whether water from flooded areas or closed-basin systems could be reused for irrigation, and on the broader implications of wet cycles, inundated land, and drainage management across the state.

Bills: SB5223 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024 , SB5223 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5941 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024

Keywords: criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, medical debt, interest charges, consumer protection, healthcare, financial burden, mortgage modification, uniform regulations, homeowners, financial stability, foreclosure prevention, wildfire risk, disclosure, safety, environmental policy, risk assessment

Transcript Highlights:

• Some of the more recognizable drugs on here: Humira, 311 patents, 287 of those patents come after FDA
• Kuda, also recognizable from the television ads, 180 patents, 11 of them after FDA approval, and the
• They make a slight tweak to the chemical formula, get a new patent, and keep that drug in the patent
• </c><01:26:43.800><c> 287</c><01:26:44.800><c> of</c><01:26:45.000><c> those</c><01:26:45.280><c> patents
• </c> Humera 311 patents 287 of those patents Humera 311 patents 287 of those patents come<01:26:46.480

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• Department of Health and Human Services would be able to, because the manufacturers currently have a patent
• Once the patent, you know this better than I do, once the patent would expire, Once the patent would

Committee: House Health

Transcript Highlights:

• SMALL RESEARCH AND THEY PROVIDE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THE CENTER HAS PATENTED
• INNOVATING AND DEVELOPING PATENTS INCLUDING WITH A STARTUP COMPANY THAT ON A RELATIVELY LOW COST DEVICE
• THERE HAVE BEEN 170 COMPETITIVE GRANTS THROUGH HPMI. 60 US PATENTS, 25 OF THOSE LICENSED TO PRIVATE SECTOR

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• He's an innovator and the owner of three patents. I was with... ...the owner of three patents.

Bills: SB274

Committee: Senate Children and Youth Health

Keywords: cannabis, psychoactive cannabinoids, CBD, delta-8 THC, delta-9 THC, delta-10 THC, criminal penalties, youth protection, medical cannabis

Transcript Highlights:

• To only consider income tax is patently regressive and morally wrong.
• We can give another one: an agreement or settlement reached through mutual concession.

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• Patently false and insulting to the men and women who protect us every single day.
• Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related to this kind of conduct?

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Keywords: Department of Justice, nominations, Assistant Attorney General, civil rights, enforcement, committee discussion

Summary: The meeting covered important discussions surrounding key nominations in the Department of Justice, specifically for the roles of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and the Office of Legal Policy. Various committee members took turns to express their views on the nominees, emphasizing the implications of their potential confirmation on civil rights enforcement in the country. Alongside the committee discussion, the nominees provided insights into their professional backgrounds and how their experiences align with the responsibilities of the positions for which they have been nominated.

Transcript Highlights:

• pursue a national bank charter under the OCC that would allow us to offer crypto custody, staking, settlement
• regarding the use of some of these federal funds, whether by AID or other foreign aid Programs had been patently

Committee: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Republicans are committed to cutting care; they patently rejected amendments to protect Americans, ignoring
• REPUBLICANS ARE COMMITTED TO CUTTING CARE, THEY PATENTLY REJECTED AMENDMENTS TO PROTECT AMERICANS, IGNORING
• Reopen the government, raise your issues, and come to a negotiated settlement, but let's not punish the

Bills: HR874 , HB5371 , HR873

Keywords: Richard B. Cheney, Congress, House of Representatives, respect, resolution, continuing resolution, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, omnibus, government funding, federal budget, USDA, Department of Agriculture, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Veterans Affairs, VA health care, military construction, legislative branch, Congress funding

Transcript Highlights:

• They actually have a patent for it. It works really well in natural streams.
• They actually have a patent for it.
• They actually have a patent for it. It works really well in natural streams.

Committee: House Agricultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• The same is true for the inundated pre-statehood patent-titled land.
• So I'm also handing out a little bit of information about some of the different laws, patent title ownership
• If the same lands were not submerged by navigable waters at statehood and were acquired through a patent
• So before the state even was formed, they received land through patents, through a congressional act.
• So I'm only dealing with the land around Devils Lake, and I'm only dealing with the patent lands that

Committee: Joint Agriculture and Water Management Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• He has over 30 years of experience in the technology industry as a software developer, patent attorney
• intelligence, having published scholarly articles on the use and ethics of AI, as well as holding patents
• Patent and Trademark Office. Great background. It was great to learn about your bio.

Committee: Senate Nominations

Transcript Highlights:

• firms that got the most awards were less productive in terms of commercialization, investments, and patents
• I did over 30 patents, and I received the Tibbets Award from the SBA on behalf of Triton for success
• America's seed fund, as their primary revenue source, yet have fewer sales. fewer investments, and fewer patents

Committee: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

Keywords: SBIR, STTR, Innovate Act, small business, innovation, legislative reforms, economic growth, funding, technology transfer

Summary: The meeting focused on the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (SBIR-STTR), emphasizing the critical reforms necessary to enhance their effectiveness. Chair Ernst introduced the Innovate Act to streamline processes, ensuring funding is awarded based on merit and addressing existing abuses within the system. The discussion was robust, with numerous members expressing concerns about phase transitions and the need for targeted funding to support impactful technological innovations. The conversation also highlighted the program's importance in fostering economic growth, particularly for small businesses in rural areas, and the urgency for legislative changes as the program's authorization approaches expiration.

Bills: HF3794 , HF4472 , HF4410 , HF4347 , HF4412 , HF4398 , HF4397 , HF4201 , HF4199 , HF4203 , HF3706 , HF4071 , HF4120 , HF4175 , HF4188

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, automated decision systems, consumer protections, data privacy, biometrics, school district health insurance, charter school health benefits, employee benefits, public sector health insurance, health insurance survey, Legislative Budget Office, LBO report, premium costs, retiree coverage, broker commissions, third-party administrator, health plan transparency, health reimbursement arrangement

Transcript Highlights:

• idea of giving them just one year to sort out some very complicated legal issues, I think is just patently
• And I just want to do that. ...to sort out some very complicated legal issues, I think is just patently

Bills: HB2255 , HB2354 , HB2595 , HB2320 , HB2597

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: litigation finance, legal funding, lawsuit, financial services, access to justice, common interest communities, homeowners association, property management, housing regulations, community governance, criminal justice, judgment, collateral attack, legal proceedings, sentencing reform, firearm regulation, manufacturing, safety standards, background checks, license requirements

Transcript Highlights:

• We also graze one of the largest flocks of sheep east of the Mississippi and have two patents where we
• Mississippi of the Mississippi and<00:28:22.720><c> have</c><00:28:23.039><c> two</c><00:28:23.279><c> patents
• where</c><00:28:24.720><c> we</c><00:28:25.120><c> built</c><00:28:25.440><c> the</c> and have two patents
• where we built the and have two patents where we built the world's<00:28:26.080><c> first</c><00:28:

Bills: HB542 , HB566 , SB270 , HB618 , HB617 , HB542 , HB566 , SB270 , HB618 , HB617

Committee: House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Keywords: HB542, district attorney, prosecutor, supernumerary district attorney, Employees' Retirement System, ERS, Alabama retirement, public employee retirement, pension, retirement benefits, post-retirement employment, salary cap, dual participation, double dipping, District Attorneys' Plan, assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, state pension, survivor benefits, Office of Prosecution Services

Transcript Highlights:

• that same average person applying community standards would find explicitly depicts or describes patently
• offensive representations or descriptions... ...explicitly depicts or describes patently offensive representations
• that same average person applying community standards would find explicitly depicts or describes patently
• offensive representations or descriptions questions. explicitly depicts or describes patently offensive

Committee: House Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• To say that this prohibits the freedom of association or the freedom of speech is patently false.
• To say that this prohibits the freedom of association or the freedom of speech is patently false.
• This does nothing of the source. ...or the freedom of speech is patently false.
• That's really literally what the settlement was about.
• That's really literally what the settlement was about.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, guest introductions, and a proclamation recognizing March as International Women’s Celebration Month. Members also welcomed guests from several school districts and the Arizona FFA. The chamber then moved through first readings of numerous Senate bills and took up several motions, including reconsideration of HB 2169 and referral of HB 210 and HB 2103 to an additional Committee of the Whole for further amendment. In Committee of the Whole, the House advanced HB 2100 and HB 2103 with technical amendments and due-pass recommendations. It then considered a series of bills on Calendar 2, including HB 2048, HB 2364, HB 2415, HB 2775, HB 2833, HB 2862, HB 2870, HB 2995, and HB 4067. Debate centered on election administration, sovereignty and international organizations, private school regulation, law enforcement face coverings, domestic violence and coercive control, and voter roll categories. HB 2862 drew the most procedural attention, with a division vote on a substitute amendment; the House rejected a motion to replace the adopted amendment, and the report was later adopted. On Calendar 3, the House considered education bills. HB 2093, which repeals the requirement for K-12 health education to include mental health instruction, prompted extensive debate over student suicide prevention, school counseling, parental responsibility, and whether schools should provide mental health support; it received a due-pass recommendation by a 27-22 division vote. The House also advanced HB 2313, which was described as responding to a Tucson Unified School District work stoppage tied to a political protest, and HB 2423, HB 2478, and other education measures after amendments and, in one case, withdrawal of an appropriations amendment. The session continued into HB 2830 as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm actually working on a patent after that incident, uh, called scanning criminal activity nationwide
• I'm actually working on a patent after that incident, uh, called scanning criminal activity nationwide
• I'm actually working on a patent after that incident, uh, called scanning criminal activity nationwide
• I support police officers, and that's why I'm working on this patent.
• Hopefully we can get to a this patent.

Bills: HB348 , HB106 , HB347 , HB54 , SB118 , SB167 , SB195 , HB260 , HB263 , HB328 , HB348 , HB106 , HB347 , HB54 , SB118 , SB167 , SB195 , HB260 , HB263 , HB328

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: bail reform, illegal aliens, violent offenses, pretrial detention, flight risk, court hearings, doxing, personal identifying information, harassment, online safety, law enforcement, public servants, penalties, consumer protection, illicit material, private rights, digital privacy, nonconsensual distribution, incarceration, pregnancy