Video & Transcript Research : 'squirrel hunting'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/04/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- of be hunting licenses quota and of be hunting licenses quota and non-quota<00:44:52.520>
a <00 - So if I want to hunt, let's say I want to hunt up in Ely and I apply for a bear permit, I would buy a
- license and say I want to hunt.
- with a gun or a rifle, or to hunt?
- you can't do that with bear bear hunting you can't do that with bear bear hunting Senator<00:53:
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/14/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- You cannot hunt a coyote at night except for the certain particular season for night hunting coyote,
- You can't hunt them at night, correct.
- You cannot hunt a coyote at night except for the certain particular season for night hunting coyote,
- You cannot hunt a coyote at night except for the certain particular season for night hunting coyote,
- You cannot hunt a coyote at night except for the certain particular season for night hunting coyote,
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/15/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Our apprentice hunting license allows first-time hunters to hunt with a hunter without taking hunter
- Our apprentice hunting license allows first-time hunters to hunt with a hunter without taking hunter
- Our apprentice hunting license allows first-time hunters to hunt with a hunter without taking hunter
- Our apprentice hunting license allows first-time hunters to hunt with a hunter without taking hunter
- Our apprentice hunting license allows first-time hunters to hunt with a hunter without taking hunter
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The absolute best weapon for a youth to deer hunt with is a rifle.
- Land is a quality place to hunt.
- Crossbows do not replace skill or ethical hunting.
- <00:21:24.320>
and continue that tradition of hunting and continue that tradition of hunting - And he hunt big game in Minnesota.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I have friends that I hunt with that are natives, and we go in there and hunt, so on school trust land
- I have friends that I hunt with that are natives, and we go in there and hunt, so on school trust land
- I have friends that I hunt with that are natives, and we go in there and hunt, so on school trust land
- I have friends that I hunt with that are natives, and we go in there and hunt, so on school trust land
- I have friends that I hunt with that are natives, and we go in there and hunt, so on school trust land
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- who hold a hunting license to hunt<00:35:15.480>
migratory hunt migratory hunt migratory Canada - Hunting with the ammunition. Hunting with the ammunition.
- This is all hunting.
- hunt for their families.
- They hunt for hunt for their families. They hunt for their<01:51:23.280>
livelihood.
Summary:
The House convened with 126 members present, heard the prayer, approved the previous day’s journal, and then took up a series of Senate messages and committee reports. Senate bills on consent calendars 21 and 22 were read the first time and referred to committees. The House then adopted favorable reports, often without amendment, on a wide range of bills including workers’ compensation evaluation procedures (HB 1325), a state shark designation (HB 97), several local alcoholic beverages measures, commemorative months for Muslim American Heritage and Jewish American Heritage (HB 661), and local license commissioner changes in Anne Arundel, Worcester, Harford, Baltimore City, and Prince George’s counties.
Several bills were amended before being ordered printed for third reading. HB 121 (Baltimore County alcohol sales) was amended to change the sponsor to the Baltimore County delegation. HB 1335 on Department of Information Technology workforce recruitment and retention was amended to convert the measure into a study and recommendations report. HB 1037 on PSC oversight of broadband and VoIP was similarly amended from direct oversight to a study and report. HB 1164 on water and sewage rate consolidation and limited-income mechanisms was amended to remove rate-consolidation provisions, require a PSC study, and delay implementation. HB 1381 on stopping or parking in bike lanes added exceptions for emergency, transit, disability pickup/drop-off, disabled vehicles, loading/unloading, and construction or maintenance; HB 1504 prioritized sidewalk and bicycle pathway projects near highways with complete streets or Vision Zero policies; HB 912 adjusted community cat trap-neuter-return rules; and HB 969 clarified electric vehicle charging billing and service fees.
The most extended debate centered on HB 639, the Transportation Aviation Passenger Health and Safety Act. After amendments turned it into a reporting measure for fixed-base operators and aviation service companies regarding flights carrying detained individuals, warrants, refueling, and emergency-response documentation, members questioned its practical operation, safety implications, and possible federal preemption issues. The floor leader explained the bill as amended was intended to gather information for Maryland safety and emergency planning. On motion of the committee chair, the House agreed to special order HB 639 until the end of the session for further clarification. The House also amended and advanced HB 1063 on hunting management, including deer damage permits and Sunday hunting rules, and heard a brief statement from an Eastern Shore delegate about the Rural Caucus’s approach to offering amendments rather than opposing bills outright. The session ended with HB 972, creating the Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund, amended to rename the bill in honor of the late Delegate Charles Otto and to replace lottery funding with an annual appropriation; the House adopted the amendments and the favorable report.
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Morning Session Apr 9th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Fuse, Hunt, I bought, Jacobson, Warris, Cal, Lippon, Cal, Lennaske, McKinney, Mayer, Mojure, ProCob,
- Clements, Conrad, DeBoer, Dungan, Dover, Fredrickson, Greco, Hallstrom, Hardin, Holcroft, Hughes, Hunt
- Clements, Conrad, DeBoer, Dungan, Dover, Fredrickson, Greco, Hallstrom, Hardin, Holcroft, Hughes, Hunt
- Clements, Conrad, DeBoer, Dungan, Dover, Fredrickson, Greco, Hallstrom, Hardin, Holcroft, Hughes, Hunt
- Clements, Conrad, DeBoer, Dungan, Dover, Fredrickson, Greco, Hallstrom, Hardin, Holcroft, Hughes, Hunt
Bills:
LB737, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB1216, LB1256, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787, LB365A, LB823, LB900, LB903, LB940, LB954, LB1127, LB1127A, LB1205, LB1240, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR505, LR507
Keywords:
LB737, Olmstead, developmental disabilities, disability services, community-based services, integrated settings, DHHS, Department of Health and Human Services, stakeholder advisory committee, independent consultant, public hearing, legislative oversight, disability rights, community integration, housing, employment, education, transportation, community supports, self-advocacy
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Select Agencies Subcommittee Jan 5th, 2026 at 09:00 am
A&B Select Agencies Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we're widely recognized as the top five deer hunting state, a top five waterfowl hunting state, certainly
- Just to follow up, are they for someone going in to get a license, say a hunting license.
- because it made them lose their opportunity to hunt.
- The hunting access is...
- When we ask somebody what would... allow you to go hunting more or what limits you from going hunting
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- lands to hunt and harvest deer.
- But because, um, you know, if you're pheasant hunting or duck hunting, for instance, or deer hunting,
- <00:08:35.760>
for peasant hunting or uh duck hunting for peasant hunting or uh duck hunting - resources for pheasant duck hunting resources for pheasant duck hunting whatever<00:10:38.800>
- the liability of people who are hunting the liability of people who are hunting in<00:14:26.839>
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- These are not hunted in small... pets. These are not hunted in small enclosed areas.
- This bill has nothing to do with hunting.
- for people to hunt.
- I don't care how big a hunt lease you have, how long a hunt lease you have, you cannot put any bait if
- If you get caught with bait on your hunt lease, you lose your hunt lease.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Election Laws Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Election Laws
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm joined by my colleague and House co-chair, Representative Dan Hunt.
- Chair Hunt to introduce the House members.
- And Daniel Hunt for always—I know you're new to the committee, Mr.
- Hunt, but Senator Keenan has always been helpful.
- Good afternoon, members of the committee, Chair Keenan and Chair Hunt.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Election Laws held a hearing on a wide range of voting-access and election-administration bills. The largest portion of testimony focused on same-day voter registration (H. 834/S. 505), with support from Rep. Gentile, Boston and Chelsea officials, civic groups, and election administrators from Maine and Vermont. Supporters argued that same-day registration would help eligible voters who move frequently, miss deadlines, or face administrative errors, and would reduce rejected provisional ballots. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Vermont elections director Sean Sheehan testified that same-day registration has worked in their states without major administrative problems and has helped increase turnout. A Boston-based panel also described high rejection rates for provisional ballots and the burden of registration cutoffs on renters, students, immigrants, and low-income voters.
A second major topic was restoration of voting rights for incarcerated people, including S. 524 and related House bills. The committee heard extensive virtual testimony from incarcerated individuals at MCI Norfolk and MCI Shirley, who said voting should be restored as part of rehabilitation, civic engagement, and reintegration. They described disenfranchisement as dehumanizing and argued that voting would help maintain family and community ties, reduce recidivism, and give incarcerated people a voice on laws affecting prisons and reentry. Rep. Erica Uyterhoeven also testified in support, saying the bill would restore municipal voting rights for incarcerated residents and align with broader efforts to expand political participation.
The committee also heard testimony on bills affecting election administration and access, including a proposal to reduce or eliminate mandated early in-person voting in primaries and shorten the general-election early voting period, with supporters from the town clerks’ community arguing that low usage, staffing burdens, and costs justify the change. Opponents warned that reducing in-person early voting could hurt voters who do not use mail ballots and could disproportionately affect communities of color. Other bills discussed included decoupling the municipal census from voter registration, requiring periodic accessibility inspections of polling places, and a Somerville home-rule petition on non-citizen municipal voting and another on lowering the voting age in municipal elections. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Just going to Section 41 of the bill regarding the hunting season tax holiday, Mr.
- Just going to Section 41 of the bill regarding the hunting season tax holiday, Mr.
- So that certainly makes it a good time frame to have that tax holiday specific to hunting.
- I'm here today to urge you to vote no on a hunting season tax holiday and vote no on SPB 7034.
- In my opinion, this proposed holiday does not exist to encourage hunting.
Summary:
The Finance and Tax Committee met and first heard SB 674, which would allow county property appraisers, like tax collectors already can, to budget for and pay hiring or retention bonuses if approved in their Department of Revenue budget. Support came from property appraiser representatives, who said the bill would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new funding. The bill was reported favorably.
The committee then considered SJR 318, a proposed constitutional amendment on tangible personal property used on agricultural land, along with an amendment clarifying the exemption’s scope and allowing the Legislature to set conditions by general law. Farm Bureau and the Florida Chamber supported the measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the joint resolution favorably. Members also took up CS for SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval of local discretionary taxes when they expire; an amendment changed the bill to require expiration dates and tied reapproval to tax expiration rather than a fixed eight-year cycle. Local government and tourism groups raised concerns about impacts on tourist development taxes, transportation surtaxes, beaches funding, and long-term financing, while supporters argued voters should periodically affirm local taxes. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
Next, the committee considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill SB 1512, both dealing with a homestead-style property tax benefit for certain long-term leased residential properties. After multiple amendments narrowed the proposal substantially, limiting it to one qualifying property and then to single-family homes, mobile homes, and condominium units, counties and cities still opposed the measures as a tax shift to other taxpayers. The sponsor said the changes reduced the scope and fiscal impact, and both measures were reported favorably.
Finally, the committee heard SPB 7034, the Senate tax package, which includes permanent sales tax exemptions, multiple tax holidays, motor vehicle fee reductions, a property tax study, rural investment tax credits, a freeze on local communications services tax rates, and other tax changes, with an estimated $2.1 billion revenue reduction. Testimony was mixed: property appraisers supported the property tax study, while many public commenters opposed the firearm and ammunition tax holiday and urged inclusion of gun safes and locks instead. County, city, tourism, and lodging representatives raised concerns about tourist development tax limits and other local revenue impacts, while supporters emphasized tax relief and the study’s value. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to submit SPB 7034 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not mandate more hunting.
- Neither does hunting bears make people safer.
- And I would just add in hunting, this bill doesn't—we're not hunting bears.
- They are allowed to hunt bears without hounds right now.
- Their mission is to get rid of hounding or hunting altogether.
Summary:
The committee heard a long agenda of water, parks, transportation, species protection, and fisheries bills. AB 430 would require the State Water Resources Control Board to publish an economic and environmental impact study when emergency water regulations are extended over multiple years; the author and supporters from agricultural and water groups said it would add transparency without limiting emergency authority. AB 1139 would expand a CEQA exemption to let county park agencies open existing roads and trails for non-motorized recreation, with supporters emphasizing access to nature and opponents warning about impacts to sensitive habitat, tribal resources, and fire risk. AB 929 would temporarily exempt small community water systems and managed wetlands from certain SGMA pumping reductions and fines; supporters said it would protect vulnerable communities and wetlands, while farm and water coalition opponents argued it would undermine basin-wide groundwater management and shift burdens to other users. AB 1225, creating an Accessibility Advisory Committee for State Parks, drew broad support and passed unanimously.
The committee also heard AB 514, which would encourage local water suppliers to develop emergency water supplies for drought and service interruptions; it passed with broad support, though one member cautioned against using scientific research as a loophole. AB 550 would let developers seek incidental take permits for species under consideration for listing, aimed at reducing delays for clean energy projects; environmental groups supported the goal but asked for clearer standards, limits on using research as mitigation, and a fee provision, and the bill passed as amended. AB 697 would authorize an incidental take permit for the State Route 37 interim project in Solano and Marin counties, balancing congestion relief and habitat restoration; supporters stressed long commutes and urgent restoration deadlines, while opponents raised climate, sea-level-rise, and tribal concerns. The bill passed, with some members noting they would continue to work on the measure.
Other measures discussed included AB 975, which would give Sutter County a narrow, temporary exemption from streambed alteration agreements for certain damaged small bridges and culverts; county officials described repeated flood damage and long permitting delays, and the bill passed as amended. AB 1056 would phase out transferability of set gillnet permits after 2027, allowing only a final family transfer; supporters framed it as a gradual response to bycatch concerns, while fishing industry opponents said it would unfairly target an existing fishery and set a bad precedent. The committee also took up AB 1146, described by the author as a response to politically motivated water releases; supporters from conservation and water organizations backed the bill. Several bills were voted out to Appropriations, some were left open for later action or add-ons, and the committee repeatedly noted it was working through the agenda without a quorum early in the hearing.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/05/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't hunt anymore.
- lifetime license holder I have hunted lifetime license holder I have hunted fished<01:44:51.040>
- So would you purchase a hunting license that allows you to hunt with air rifles?
- period of time to hunt.
- hunting as an example, any hunting violation carries with it a one-year automatic loss of license.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Trump administration's 2025 hunt fish rule combined these limited lead regulations for new hunting
- The Trump administration's 2025 hunt fish rule combined these limited lead regulations for new hunting
- The Trump administration's 2025 hunt fish rule combined these limited lead regulations for new hunting
- The Trump administration's 2025 hunt fish rule combined these limited lead regulations for new hunting
- For new hunting and fishing opportunities with its lead-free hunting voluntary incentive program.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- White-tailed deer hunting remains the most popular hunting activity. in Texas and the department continues
- Love to hunt. Hunting fish and all that. We're members.
- We're talking about high-fenced hunting.
- So not everybody that's hunting in a high-fence area is releasing a deer that's been... or is hunting
- And they do hunt. Hunting itself is a management practice.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 01/23/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- hopefully more interest in deer hunting hopefully more interest in deer hunting in<00:07:52.759>
- this year there were zero deer hunting this year there were zero deer hunting deaths<00:10:34.360
- >
incident deaths and one deer hunting incident deaths and one deer hunting incident with<00:10 - and the future of deer hunting.
- and the future of deer hunting.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Administration Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026
Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- with deer hunting and crop damage.
- So, uh... ...with deer hunting and crop damage.
- I have two sons that hunt.
- I hunted, and this is something that's needed in the state of Delaware: hunting, trapping, and fishing
- We do believe that there is no legitimate threat to hunting and fishing in Delaware or the state's hunting
Bills:
SB231
Keywords:
school social workers, salary supplement, LCSW, mental health, education funding, Delaware Code, certification, professional standards
Summary:
The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill.
The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- poor people, multi-generation families, and it is so common for an owner of a firearm, usually a hunting
- because he inherited a gun, a hunting because he inherited a gun, a hunting rifle<00:31:00.720><
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it <00:32:08.640>is <00:32:08.799>mandatory used for hunting - <00:32:59.600>
So hunting to have a mandatory sentence. - So hunting to have a mandatory sentence.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/17/26 - Part 5
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And they also allow hunting and fishing easements for those enthusiasts that love to hunt and fish and
- And they also allow<00:04:09.720>
hunting <00:04:10.440>and <00:04:10.600>fishing - hunting and fishing easements for those<00:04:11.959>
enthusiasts <00:04:12.560>that <00- enthusiasts that love to hunt and those enthusiasts that love to hunt and fish<00:04:13.640>
and< - , and enjoy this beautiful planet hunt, and enjoy this beautiful planet that<00:04:42.360>
God - hunting and fishing easements for those<00:04:11.959>
Summary:
The House received a message from the Senate announcing concurrence in the conference committee report on Senate File 2077, an environment and natural resources appropriations bill. Representative Heintzeman explained that the report incorporated language from the Legacy and Lands bill, an extension of unemployment insurance benefits for miners, and an $80,000 appropriation for the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute. Representative Vang urged adoption, noting the bill had already passed earlier in the day with strong support.
Several members spoke in favor of the conference report and the bill, emphasizing its outdoor heritage and conservation provisions, support for the Iron Range miners’ UI extension, and the related land and water protection measures. Representative McDonald and Representative Gilman highlighted the bill’s legacy and conservation benefits, while Representative Fischer and Representative Igo praised the work of the authors and the inclusion of the miner unemployment insurance extension.
The House adopted the conference committee report and then took up third reading of the bill as amended by conference. After further supportive remarks, the clerk called the roll and the bill was repassed as amended by conference by a vote of 111 ayes and 22 nays, with the title agreed to. The chamber then adopted a motion to recess to the call of the Speaker.