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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/03/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- wild rice, or cultivated wild rice, excuse me.
- And the wild wild rice is gases.
- </c> working towards protections for the wild working towards protections for the wild wild<02:30:48.479
- wild wild rice um protections for the wild wild rice um because<02:31:04.640><c> there</c><02:31:04.800
- </c> to gather wild rice. to gather wild rice.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
No operation of watercraft in a way that threatens uncultivated wild rice beds, HF3896 3/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:13.680><c> rice</c> lake bed is that can support wild rice lake bed is that can support wild
- </c> that when they out are out near wild that when they out are out near wild rice<00:04:23.199><c>
- covers</c> This means wild rice covers This means wild rice covers 49%<00:06:37.280><c> of</c><00:06:
- </c> things like um wild rice is in danger. things like um wild rice is in danger.
- I love wild rice.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Fiscal Committee (02/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll take Senator Rosenol and Senator Bird and Senator Waters. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- I think that was seconded by Senator Bird. Senator Rosen. All right.
- I think that was seconded by<00:22:00.880><c> Senator</c><00:22:01.200><c> Bird.
- </c> by Senator Bird. by Senator Bird. Senator<00:22:03.520><c> Rosen.</c> Senator Rosen.
Summary:
The Fiscal Committee met on February 20, 2026, first approving the minutes and then adopting the consent calendar as amended, with item 26045 removed for separate consideration. The committee then heard item 26045 from the Department of Health and Human Services on the Real Health Transformation Grant for Go North. HHS explained that the first-year award is $204 million, with most funds passed through to Go North and only limited administrative and audit costs retained by HHS. Members asked about staffing, procurement, the program’s spending plan, and whether future grant amounts would be fixed. HHS said Go North will administer the grants, staffing is expected to be about 20 positions, procurements will be competitive, and future awards will depend on federal review of performance and spending. The commissioner said the money is intended to create transformative changes that must be sustainable after the grant period. The committee then approved the item.
The committee next took up regular calendar item 26041 from HHS and adopted it without discussion. It also approved two adjusted items on tab 11, FIS26028 and FIS26029. Item 26027 from the Department of Transportation was adopted as well. Item 26034 from the Department of Corrections was withdrawn, and members noted that any request for new overtime money would be closely scrutinized, especially given the tight budget and the need to explain how existing salary funds were being used. Committee staff said they would follow up with Corrections on vacancy rates, available funds, and other class lines and provide answers to the committee.
The committee then received audit presentations on the state’s college savings plans, including the Unique College Investing Plan and the Fidelity Advisor 529 Plan. Auditors reported clean opinions, no material weaknesses, no audit adjustments, and no unadjusted items requiring reporting. The State Treasurer said the plans are performing well, now total more than $32 billion in assets under management, and are expected to generate about $20 million in revenue this year, with the proceeds supporting scholarship programs for low-income students. The committee placed the audits on file and released them in the usual manner. In other business, members set the next Fiscal Committee meeting for Friday, March 20, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., and then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/08/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> this was wild rice. this was wild rice.
- </c> wild rice facility in Cass Lake. wild rice facility in Cass Lake.
- </c> better protect the wild rice waters. better protect the wild rice waters.
- </c> you say each year um in wild rice? you say each year um in wild rice?
- </c> such as wild rice. such as wild rice.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So here to speak in support of the bill we have April Bird, who's here on behalf of the Mountains Recreation
- I'm April Bird on behalf of the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, sponsoring SB 832.
Summary:
The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee met with a quorum present and heard one non-consent bill, SB 832 by Senator Allen. The bill would update the statute governing the Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group to reflect its ongoing role, require it to meet at least annually to review implementation of the revitalization plan and possible amendments, and adjust membership to ensure representation from the city council district with the most Upper L.A. River miles. Senator Allen and sponsor April Bird of the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority described the measure as a minor but important update to support continued implementation of the 2020 revitalization plan, which identified 300 projects and has 18 currently underway.
Committee members asked about the change from meetings every two years to every year, and the author explained that the bill would codify a more regular schedule after a prior budget change had set the interval at two years. Senator Stern expressed support, noting the complexity of coordinating city, county, and MRCA interests and the need for the working group to support future project funding and planning. No opposition was presented.
Senator Laird moved the bill, and the committee voted 6-0 to pass SB 832 to Senate Appropriations. The meeting then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
School safety facility grant 2/24/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Big Bird.
- Representative Big Bird.
- Representative Big Bird.
- Representative Big Bird. Representative Baker, I'm sorry, excuse me.
- Representative Big Bird. >> All right. Uh, thank you, Chair Kisha and members.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I call up the bird bill. Mr. Speaker.
- Calendar one, page two, it's the Bird Bill again. Chair recognizes Mr. Sweeney on the Bird Bill.
- What is your favorite bird? Oh, that's actually a really good question.
- But in this case, it would be a migrating bird that doesn't hit a windmill.
- Members, because of the rigmarole on the Bird Bill earlier today, we've decided to go... Mr.
Bills:
HB5560 , HB2 , HB24 , HB3233 , HB1397 , HB2067 , HB3133 , HB5696 , HB5680 , HB2885 , HB3966 , HB3556 , HB3595 , HB144 , HB26 , HB2038 , HB521 , HB4 , HB 1178 , HB42 , HB 1211 , HB783 , HB3963 , HB2240 , HB1690 , HB 1234 , HB3372 , HB27 , HB4211 , HB2243 , HB2853 , HB4638 , HJR7 , HB 100 , HB 126 , HB3783 , HB5138 , HB2512 , HB5616 , HB4751 , SB17 , SB1637 , SB1833 , SB2155 , SB21 , SB2778 , SB260 , SB8 , SB12 , SB37 , SB379 , SB441 , SB1566 , SB2878 , HB4112 , HB3866 , HB4749 , HB2844 , HB150
Keywords:
groundwater, civil penalties, water conservation, drought contingency, environmental protection, public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, zoning, public notice, local government, residential development
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Natural Resource Funding Committee, January 12, 2026
Select Natural Resource Funding Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Once those trees are gone, the birds move in, and you'll see pretty significant changes in populations
- Once those trees are gone, the birds move in, and you'll see pretty significant changes in populations
- We went back and looked at that area again after they removed the wild horses and treated cheatgrass,
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Cheyenne is roughly, as the bird flies, 15 to 20 miles from Texas.
- Shian is roughly as a bird flies 15, 20 miles from Texas.
- For a follow-up: yes, still with the question of it can be something as simple as bird feed, I don't
Committee:
Senate Revenue and Taxation
Summary:
The Revenue and Taxation Committee met and first laid over House Bill 15.9 to the next meeting. The committee then unanimously advanced an executive nomination, James Burleson to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, after brief testimony from Sen. Pugh and Burleson’s comments about his private-sector, nonprofit, and community experience and desire to serve the state.
Members then considered several tax-related bills. House Bill 3986, expanding eligibility for the 24-month gross production tax exemption for wells completed using recycled water, passed 10-1 after questions about whether the change was retroactive. House Bill 3548, which would exempt small child-run businesses from certain taxes and permits up to a $1,000 gross-revenue threshold, passed 11-0 after questions focused on enforcement and adult involvement. House Bill 3661, removing the sunset on the forestry equipment sales tax exemption, passed 8-3 despite concerns about the lack of hard data supporting the incentive’s continuation.
The committee also passed House Bill 4346, creating reciprocity for agricultural sales tax exemptions for neighboring states, after discussion about verification methods, fraud prevention, and whether the Oklahoma Tax Commission could track out-of-state buyers; the bill passed 8-3. House Bill 3075, the “Oklahoma Common Sense Act” dealing with a post-penny environment and giving agencies and political subdivisions more time to update point-of-sale systems, was amended to set an effective date of November 1, 2026, and then passed 11-0. Finally, House Bill 4273, clarifying that certain R1 university aerospace research employees qualify for an aerospace tax credit, passed 6-5 after debate over whether the credit could create a broader domino effect for other professors and fields. The chair announced the committee would likely meet again the following Monday for its last meeting of the year, and then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 5/27/26
Transcript Highlights:
- And if you can protect endangered birds.
- Birds eat those worms and they love them and that...
- Birds eat those worms and they love them and that... >> So there's a balance.
- </c> bird impacts on an outbreak like that. bird impacts on an outbreak like that.
- Go with Daryl. some birds. But maybe even beyond that, some birds.
Summary:
The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council met on May 27, 2026, approved the January 7 minutes and the day’s agenda, and reported no conflicts of interest. The executive director gave staff updates, including introductions of new staff member Cara Castanza and DNR liaison Jason Co., both of whom were welcomed by the council. Members were also informed about three minor easement/conveyance matters in the packet, including a small Bowser easement impact with about $1,600 returned to the Outdoor Heritage Fund, a Minnesota Land Trust easement request involving a DNR trout stream easement, and an access easement revision in Itasca County. The council also noted several upcoming dedication events and a June field tour in southeast Minnesota beginning in Winona on June 16, with visits to Whitewater WMA, bluff prairie and stream sites, and a river segment if a boat is secured.
A major agenda item was a legislative session recap on the Outdoor Heritage Fund portion of Senate File 2077, the omnibus Outdoor Heritage Fund, Legacy, and Lands bill. Staff reported that all council recommendations were incorporated into the bill, which passed both chambers on May 17 and was expected to be signed by the governor. The fiscal year 2027 Outdoor Heritage Fund recommendations covered 53 programs totaling about $188.9 million, with the February forecast increasing the appropriation slightly so the final total was about $191.16 million; eligible programs were proportionately increased. Staff also highlighted a few changes made during the legislative process, including adjustments to the Roso Lake rehabilitation phase three project, the conservation partners legacy grant language, and statutory provisions affecting the council.
The recap also covered policy changes in the bill: a public member term limit of eight years, with a short vacancy exception and transition rules for current members; a revised executive director hiring process allowing the Legislative Coordinating Commission to provide support while preserving the council’s final hiring authority and permitting closed meetings for candidate discussions; and an extension of the Upper Mississippi River invasive carp deterrent design deadline to June 30, 2027. Members discussed the Roso Lake amendment at length, with Senator Lang and Representative Burkel explaining that the added delay and injunction-related language were intended to address local concerns and preserve the council’s process while litigation proceeds. The meeting ended without any additional formal action beyond receiving the updates and discussion.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 087 Part 2 Apr 11th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And, you know, we get tourists, you know, we get bird watchers.
- Like, it's just a really big event, and it's really good for the birds.
- Is that going to damage the birds long-term on that? I guess we'll find out.
- And how many more are going to start migrating south because they see migratory birds that they think
- that that they think are migratory birds that that they think are delicious<00:48:30.240><c> and</c>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And next we have Erica Bird, our new fiscal analyst. >> Thank you, Madam Chair.
- Uh, my name is Erikica Bird.
- And next we have Erica Bird, >> Thank you.
- U my name is Erikica<00:01:08.560><c> Bird.
- I'm a fiscal analyst with Erikica Bird.
Committee:
Senate Labor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/7/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There's a note that three-quarters of the bird species in North America are in decline.
- Um, you know, what is projected to happen is that our state bird will be extinct in Minnesota over the
- 00:36:43.200><c> threearters</c><00:36:44.079><c> of</c><00:36:44.320><c> the</c><00:36:44.480><c> bird
- </c> that um and that threearters of the bird that um and that threearters of the bird species<00:36:
- </c><00:38:16.640><c> will</c><00:38:16.880><c> be</c> happen is that our state bird will be happen is
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- Let the birds all hail the morning. Love of life will urge me stand. You are the new day.
- Let the birds<00:01:46.920><c> all</c> birds all birds all hail<00:01:48.200><c> the</c> hail the hail
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Tourism and Outdoor Recreation (3-19-26)
Tourism & Outdoor Recreation
Transcript Highlights:
- The first one was, what is the significance of having an organism such as a mushroom, flower, or bird
- :07:58.240><c> mushroom,</c><00:07:58.720><c> flower,</c><00:07:59.120><c> or</c><00:07:59.440><c> bird
- </c> such as a mushroom, flower, or bird such as a mushroom, flower, or bird symbolize<00:08:00.720><
Committee:
House Tourism & Outdoor Recreation
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- surface water flowing in our state, our rivers, especially as it supports recreation, tourism, and birding
- , of which Arizona has some really good bird watching.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, electronic roll call, and approval of the March 24, 2026 journal. Several members used points of personal privilege to introduce guests, including visitors from Arizona Business and Professional Women for National Women’s History Month, advocates for women and families, guests connected to Audubon Day and Western Rivers Day, and a guest shadowing a senator who is running for LD17. The remarks highlighted women’s contributions to Arizona history, BPW’s advocacy for pay equity, health care, and equal rights, and the importance of water policy for recreation, tourism, birding, and the state economy.
The chamber also handled routine floor business. Messages from the House were waived from reading, and Senate Bills 1010, 1023, 1029, and 1211 were transmitted to the governor. Second reading was taken up on House Bills 2344, 2375, 2680, 2750, and 2976, covering topics including the local government investment pool, housing and zoning in historic neighborhoods, workers’ compensation notice, the Arizona-Sonora Trade Commission, and a sexual abuse prevention pilot program.
Committee announcements were made for the next day: Judiciary and Elections at 9:00 a.m., Rules at 9:45 a.m., and both Republican and Democratic caucuses at 9:50 a.m. The Senate then adjourned by motion until Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Jan 13th, 2026
Natural Resources and Water
Transcript Highlights:
- So here to speak in support of the bill we have April Bird, who's here on behalf of the Mountains Recreation
- I'm April Bird on behalf of the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, sponsoring SB 832.
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources and Water
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 26th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It's kind of like a two birds with one stone thing for the city, we're hiring them to do services.
- So it changes how before if someone had a plan of safe care, they kind of just were left out in the wild
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- That includes mortality, injury, all the birds that get sent to the wildlife centers.
- </c><01:52:42.800><c> that</c> mortality, injury, um all the birds that mortality, injury, um all the
- , or are they going to let that bird die and just take it out of their take?
- </c> for rehab or they going to let that bird for rehab or they going to let that bird die<01:53:53.199
- They don't want us to know if there's injured birds or dead birds.
Bills:
HB1527 , HB1823 , HB2490 , HB2223 , HB2325 , HB2104 , HB2593 , HB2592 , HB1927 , HB1553 , HB1964 , HB1918 , HB1990
Committee:
House Water & Land
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 1527 relating to gambling. The chair outlined hearing rules, including a two-minute limit and a warning that bills not heard would die. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from a prosecutor, Honolulu Police Department, and Stop Predatory Gambling, all arguing that casinos and sports betting increase crime, sex trafficking, harassment of athletes, and broader social harm. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee moved on without questions or action taken on the bill.
The committee then heard HB 1823 relating to coastal zone management and HB 2490 relating to coastal resilience. For HB 1823, DLNR, the Office of Planning, and Maui County testified, with Maui County supporting the measure and its proposed amendments. For HB 2490, DLNR expressed concern about exempting a proposed Mokuji Bay pilot project from permits and regulation before a long-term plan is finalized, while the County of Maui, the Mokuji Soto Zen Mission, and the Office of Planning supported the bill as a coastal resilience pilot. The mission described severe erosion, sea-level rise impacts, and years of unsuccessful efforts to stabilize the shoreline; its consultant said the study is leaning toward nature-based and hybrid solutions. In questioning, members and DLNR discussed whether the bill should say the project “shall” or “may” be exempt, and the chair indicated the language would be adjusted to preserve DLNR discretion and to change the lead agency reference to OPSD. No vote was taken in the transcript.
Finally, the committee took up HB 2223 relating to historic preservation reviews. SHPD said it stood on its written comments, while OPSD and DHHL supported the bill. DHHL argued the measure would streamline reviews, improve transparency, and help address long wait times for its projects, saying it could alleviate burden on SHPD and better serve beneficiaries. Representative Shimizu questioned whether the bill would create redundancy and expand government rather than strengthen SHPD, noting a separate staffing bill already exists. SHPD responded that DHHL is uniquely subject to 6E review and that the bill would not waive federal or state historic review requirements; the discussion also touched on possible federal-style grant support and the existing memorandum of agreement between SHPD and DHHL. The transcript ends during questioning, with no final committee action shown.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- Interfering at all in what's going on, you know, just we'll just say shoots the bird at the police officer
- In my understanding, if the person is 24 feet away and they flip the bird or say something like that,
- And all they're doing at that point is, uh, cussing, shooting you the bird, doing all that.
Committee:
House Public Safety and Homeland Security
Keywords:
criminal enterprise, database, law enforcement, data privacy, criminal justice, HB224, Alabama, obstructing governmental operations, first responder, emergency responder, police, firefighter, EMT, paramedic, public safety, harassment, interference with emergency personnel, crime, Class A misdemeanor, emergency scene