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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture REVISED: HB3902 - Added Feb 16th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Agriculture
Keywords:
raw milk, unpasteurized, farm sales, Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act, local producers, advertising, animal welfare, commercial pet breeders, licensing, animal cruelty, labor, employment definitions, agricultural services, Oklahoma Workforce Commission, confidentiality, data access, right to repair, agriculture, OEM, repair providers
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 06:48 pm
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Keywords:
juvenile delinquency, firearm possession, criminal background checks, state law, gun control, youth offense, conviction, public safety, SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration
FL
Keywords:
Florida lottery, state lottery, lottery tickets, lottery retailer, Department of the Lottery, Division of Security, ball machine, lottery vending machine, instant tickets, online lottery tickets, major procurement, vendor disclosure, performance bond, retailer bond, security report, counterfeit ticket, altered ticket, false claim, ticket theft, fraud
Summary:
The Committee on Regulated Industries considered and reported several bills. SB 530 on state lotteries was presented with two technical amendments adopted, including changes to lottery department contracting language and machine-purchase flexibility; the committee then reported the bill favorably. SB 204, which increases penalties for illegal slot machine operations to a third-degree felony and creates a declaratory-statement process for veteran service organizations to confirm machine legality, drew support from gaming interests and some soft opposition from a veterans group concerned about implementation; it was also reported favorably.
The committee then took up a proposed committee substitute combining SB 658 and SB 608 on water safety requirements for rental and vacation properties. The combined bill would require certain rental properties near water bodies or with pools to install specified alarms, locks, fences, covers, or similar safety devices, with enforcement through DBPR and a grace period for correcting some violations. Senators emphasized the bill as a response to child drowning deaths, including those involving autistic children, and the PCS was reported favorably. SB 980, as a delete-everything amendment, would create the Florida Agegate Act to restrict advertising, promotion, and display of non-FDA-approved nicotine devices in areas accessible to those under 21, with penalties and inspection authority; after questions about counterfeit products and enforcement, it was reported favorably.
The committee also approved SB 1708, which removes a three-year out-of-state practice requirement for veterinary licensure by endorsement while keeping other competency requirements, and SB 680, as amended, which creates a sales tax exemption for electricity sold to EV charging station operators and transferred to consumers, subject to metering and affidavit requirements. Several members recorded votes after the roll calls, and the meeting ended with an invitation to return later for another bill before adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Control the convention, it doesn't say that you can't.
- Constitution are designed to control Congress.
- brought to heel, for the false dichotomy of either an out-of-control...
- Control, federal government, or a convention.
- We have no control over other states. That's where I was going with that. For Mr.
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- subpoena in a manner specified in the subpoena that are in the recipient's possession, custody, or control
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
Summary:
The Senate Committee on State Affairs was called to order and a roll call showed most members present, with one absent. The chair explained that the committee had arranged witnesses for a later meeting but had received responses from some parties declining to testify, prompting Senator Bettencourt to offer a written motion for subpoenas.
The motion authorized the committee chair, under Senate Rule 11.20, to issue subpoenas to BlackRock, State Street, or other financial services companies affecting Texas public pension investments, along with their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, or representatives. The subpoenas would require testimony and production of records concerning investment practices, the impact on Texas public pension funds, and any investments intended to further political or social causes.
Members discussed the importance of obtaining testimony and the limited but necessary use of subpoena power. The committee then voted, with 10 ayes, no nays, and one absent, to adopt the motion. With no further business, the committee recessed until the call of the chair, planning to return after the local calendar.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Both of these companies, the two primary proxy advisory firms that control 95% of the market, are foreign-controlled
- While they oftentimes control, say, even 30% of a company's votes, they have no skin in the game, and
- From a competitive perspective, given they control approximately 97% of the advisory business, there
- BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard control a tremendous amount of wealth.
- So they can control thousands or millions of shares in a company.
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
Summary:
The committee heard Senate Bill 945, 946, 2044, 2819, 2403, 2337, and 312, with all bills left pending after testimony. SB 945 would restrict insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on oil and gas activity or ESG-related goals, and supporters argued it would protect Texas energy producers from politically motivated shareholder activism and insurance discrimination. SB 946 would bar creditors from using social credit, ESG, DEI, or religious/political affiliation as a basis for denying or limiting credit; witnesses said it would prevent viewpoint-based financial discrimination and protect access to capital for Texas businesses. SB 2337 would require proxy advisory firms to disclose when recommendations are based on non-financial factors or when they give conflicting advice to different clients; supporters said the measure would increase transparency and curb ESG-driven influence over shareholder voting. SB 312 would direct public retirement systems to focus on financial returns rather than social or political objectives, with the author saying the bill responds to activist pressure on pensions and would reinforce fiduciary duty.
The committee also took up election and ethics measures. SB 2044 would strengthen electioneering restrictions for publicly funded education institutions and personnel, prohibiting use of official resources to promote political agendas; testimony focused on alleged school district electioneering in bond and tax elections. SB 2819 would prohibit county elections administrators from holding certain officer positions appointed by elected officials, addressing potential conflicts of interest. SB 2403, the Texas Ethics Commission sunset bill, would restructure complaint handling with a three-tier violation system, risk-based complaint prioritization, longer response times, bipartisan preliminary review panels, and expanded hearing options; members discussed amendments aimed at dismissing minor complaints, clarifying categories, and adjusting lobbying and penalty provisions, but the amendments were withdrawn during committee consideration.
Across the ESG and finance bills, invited witnesses from the American Energy Institute, Heartland Impact, Consumers Research, ADF Action, Texas Civil Justice League, and related groups generally supported the measures, arguing that banks, insurers, proxy advisors, and asset managers have used ESG or reputational-risk standards to discriminate against energy, agriculture, firearms, and religious organizations. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt, and the committee closed public testimony on each bill and left them pending.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 19th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Basically, I think the federal law would control in a couple of instances here, and therefore, potentially
- Parents should be able to have control over social media. considering the harms that it causes and with
- includes the parent to be able to give permission and access to social media. that they have the control
- an outright right prohibition, efforts to focus on age-appropriate safeguards, increased parental controls
- but also to maintain the integrity and empowering parents to you know strengthen those parental controls
Keywords:
social media, children, account verification, data privacy, parental control, property owners' association, residential watering restrictions, vegetation, fine limitations, drought, technology, innovation, economic development, grants, Texas Economic Development, business funding, HB 1395, private passenger vehicle rental, car rental, vehicle rental
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 17th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- will point out that I filed a similar bill on Friday that increases the number of entities that can control
- Our department, for instance, we contract with a few HOAs, most of them are mud districts, water control
- The water and crew control improvement district, which is an elected board.
- people. within their geographical boundary in that mud district or that school district or that water control
- the county commissioner's court can create a parks board. delegate authority to them, subject to control
Keywords:
law enforcement, sheriff, constable, contracts, county governance, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales, seasonal fireworks sales, Fourth of July, Independence Day
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- pump up to current Minnesota DNR control pump up to current Minnesota DNR standards<00:24:47.679>
- And but now you can see the importance of controlling the levels of Union Lake and Lake Sarah both for
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technology <00:59:27.200>and <00:59:27.440>treatment controlling
Bills:
HF4680, HF4047, HF4590, HF3757, HF3569, HF4507, HF4426, HF4927, HF4788, HF4757, HF4747, HF3561, HF4014, HF4013, HF4689, HF4766, HF4589
Keywords:
wastewater treatment, improvements, capital investment, Greenfield, bonds, water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, state bonds, public utilities, HF4590, Tamarack, municipal infrastructure, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, Public Facilities Authority, sewer system, collection system, street reconstruction, local infrastructure
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 5 Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They're not actuaries that are controlled by any of the big major health insurers or anything like that
- So no, I don't think it limits the legislator's power control over the process, but can ask for a follow-up
Bills:
HB2975, HB3405, HB3406, HB3728, HB3902, HB3977, SB397, HB1161, HB2938, HB2939, HB3306, HB3722, HB4113, HB4123, HB2293, HB3176, HB3545, HB3546
Keywords:
poultry waste, nutrient management, environmental regulations, agriculture, water quality, pollution prevention, best management practices, noxious weeds, poison hemlock, kudzu, landowner responsibilities, environmental control, public nuisance, eradication, burn bans, fire danger, drought conditions, emergency declaration, scrap metal, regulation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Recently, I've noticed that it probably makes sense for the controller to help with the accounting and
- I assisted in working with the controller on the charge, transition language, and helped in assisting
- Suggestions from the controller, such as adding transition language.
- A comment, I appreciate my conservative friend being in support of local control.
- Most Texans believe in local control, public safety, and fiscal responsibility.
Bills:
HB341, HB469, HB971, HB1624, HB2721, HB2959, HB3365, HB3731, HB3793, HB3861, HB3946, HB3966, HB4348, HB4401, HB4402, HB4924, HB4966, HB5563
Keywords:
affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, commercial vehicle, safety standards, enforcement, Texas counties, transportation
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Jul 15th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And number three is long-term recovery and restoration, which includes watershed health, erosion control
- mobilize, integrate with that incident management team, and understand where we needed to remove sediment
- and I can explain a Category B, it's debris removal and emergency services to go in and clear the sediment
- Therefore, any sediment that's removed out of that acequia will fertilize the landscape on that downslope
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment
- control.
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment
- control to the Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and flooding.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Feb 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- . proposal also includes a transfer of $166 million, including $85 million from the air pollution control
- Total transfer from the Air Pollution Control Fund and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund in 2025-26 to offset
- shortfalls for 2025-2026, the Governor proposes shifting to Prop 4. funds from the Air Pollution Control
- I want to bring up because Little Rock Dam, which is again... my district has been trying to do sediment
- Chair members brendan tug on behalf of the california air pollution and Control Officers Association.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Superior College have taken together as a cooperative responsible party with the Minnesota Pollution Control
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
- I am pleased with the cooperation of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota State, and Lake
- So, the LSC site has long been on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's watch list of contaminated
- The MPCA conducted a number of sediment and water studies around the site over the years.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Aug 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- than 200 acre-feet of water for the purpose of erosion, flood water, and sediment control.
- control.
- I'm not saying we should control it. I'm not.
- I control my anger.
- Operated and maintained for purposes of erosion, flood water, and sediment control.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Tue Apr 1, 2025 @ 10:45 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, they estimated another 30,000 cubic yards of silt was captured in that sediment basin. shoreline
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captured <00:22:43.120>in <00:22:43.360>that <00:22:43.520>sediment - silt was captured in that sediment silt was captured in that sediment basin.<00:22:44.840>
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Summary:
The Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection met on April 1, 2025, to hear three resolutions. The first, HR 27/HCR 28, sought to reconvene a working group on contamination remediation tied to the Pu‘uloa/Puoa Ranch Range training facility. Testimony was strongly supportive, with speakers from the Sierra Club of Hawai‘i and the community describing concerns about lead contamination, health risks to children and pregnant women, and the need for continued testing and coordination. The committee later recommended and adopted the resolution unamended by vote, with Rep. Quinnland excused.
The second measure, HR 143/HCR 149, asked the Department of Land and Natural Resources to convene a working group to assess steps toward transitioning Volcano, Hawai‘i, into a biosphere area aligned with the Hawaiian Islands Biosphere Reserve. Support came from community and environmental interests, including testimony from the Sierra Club and others, and DLNR offered comments. The committee recommended passage with amendments limiting the working group participants to the district representative and the Volcano Community Association, and that recommendation was adopted.
The final measure, HR 191/HCR 199, urged DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife to prioritize restoration and protection of additional wetlands and an Ankuline pools. DLNR supported the intent but suggested technical clarifications, while community testimony emphasized wetlands’ role in flood control, sediment capture, and long-term environmental protection in South Maui. The committee recommended several amendments, including removing reference to the Division of Forestry and Wildlife, revising agency references, changing “state waters” to “waters of the state,” and assigning the County of Maui as the responsible party for certain wetland protections. The amended resolution was then adopted, and the hearing adjourned.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Obviously, the basin was designed as a spillway, and what we found out is that we're introducing so much sediment
- Corps of Engineers, commercial fishing interest, recreational fishing interest, hydrologist, and sediment
- we have a long list of people that we can call to testify as to why we have such large amounts of sediment
- many people live in base housing today, and they can give it to them very simply because they're controlled
Bills:
HR118, HR196, HR237, HR285, HCR85, HB442, HB443, SCR5, SCR29, SCR33, SCR63, SB25, SB202, SB319
Keywords:
water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, fallen trees, property damage, insurance, property values, hurricanes, storm damage, local government, homeowners, risk management, committee study, census, military population, Department of Defense, representation, federal funding
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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Officials American Plant Food Control Officials American Plant Food Control - Uh, I can't control that.
- Uh, I can't control that.
- Uh, I can't control that.
- Uh, I can't control that.
Keywords:
pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension