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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Health & Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- And Taya Bird, our Democratic caucus staff person, and Cameron Long, our Republican caucus staff person
- And Taya Bird, our Democratic caucus staff person, and Cameron Long, our Republican caucus staff person
Committee:
Senate Health & Long-Term Care
Keywords:
HB 2340, nursing assistants, nurse aide, substance use disorder monitoring program, monitoring program, credentialing, licensure, disciplinary records, enforcement action, public disclosure, privacy, third-party website, stipend program, financial assistance, treatment costs, drug testing, peer support, recovery, rehabilitation, board-approved program
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And Taya Bird, our Democratic caucus staff person, and Cameron Long, our Republican caucus staff person
- And Taya Bird, our Democratic caucus staff person, and Cameron Long, our Republican caucus staff person
Summary:
The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee held its final regularly scheduled meeting of the 2026 session and moved into executive session to consider 11 bills. The bills covered a range of health care and licensing topics, including the dietician licensure compact (SHB 2088), ambulance transport staffing for inter-facility specialty care (E2SHB 2110), substance use disorder monitoring for nursing assistants (HB 2340), hospital inspections (SHB 2577), temporary licensure exemptions for music therapy applicants (SHB 2363), nursing regulation (SHB 2339), EMT recertification (HB 2540), supervision of radiologic and MRI technologists (HB 2113), continuing care retirement community oversight (2SHB 2384), and veterinarian-client-patient relationships (ESHB 2247). The committee also considered ESHB 1187, which protects patients involved in motor vehicle accidents from delayed ambulance bills, though it was not part of the initial briefing list read aloud in full.
Several bills had amendments adopted. On E2SHB 2110, the committee adopted Senator Harris’s amendment changing hospital coordination with ambulance providers from a recommendation to a requirement. SHB 1187 received a striking amendment, and 2SHB 2384 and ESHB 2247 also had striking amendments adopted; the veterinary bill’s amendment clarified that the commercial breeding provisions apply to livestock, added a definition of livestock, and tightened prescription drug language. The committee also discussed the 2SHB 2384 amendment as making technical corrections and clarifying life care contract language.
After each bill was moved, the committee voted to give it a do pass recommendation and send it to the Rules Committee. All bills considered in executive session passed the committee, subject to signatures. The chair then thanked staff and members for their work during the session, noted the committee would turn to interim work in a few weeks, and moved to adjourn.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Fri Apr 17, 2026 @ 10:30 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- We see birds burned, mutilated, tied up, abandoned, used as bait, and left to suffer slow, painful deaths
- We see birds<00:17:19.679><c> burned,</c><00:17:20.280><c> mutilated,</c><00:17:21.079><c> tied</c><00
- :17:21.400><c> up,</c> birds burned, mutilated, tied up, birds burned, mutilated, tied up, abandoned,
Committee:
House Agriculture & Food Systems
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:15 pm
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, but the hawk is the only bird that would kill an eagle.
- But the hawk is the only bird that would kill an eagle.
- President, but the hawk is the only bird that would kill an eagle.
- But the hawk is the only bird that would kill an eagle.
Summary:
The Senate began by advancing to the Eighth Order of Business and adopted Senate Resolution 8683 honoring the Seattle Seahawks for their 2025 championship season. The resolution and floor remarks celebrated the team’s 14-3 regular season, NFC West title, playoff run, Super Bowl 60 victory, and community involvement. Senators from both parties offered supportive remarks about the team’s leadership, teamwork, and impact across Washington, and the resolution was adopted unanimously. The chamber then welcomed Seahawks representatives and former player/play-by-play announcer Steve Rable to the rostrum for recognition and photographs.
The Senate then considered and passed several bills, including SB 6084 clarifying that a person may not vote more than once in the same election across states; SB 5977 requiring publication of child near-fatality reviews; SB 5985 on endometriosis awareness and research; SB 6046 placing the Civil Air Patrol within the Military Department; SB 6291 extending septic inspector training supervision from two to four years; SB 6707 directing a WSIPP study of DCYF screening tools; SB 6183 ensuring rapid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs; SB 5956 restricting harmful uses of AI, surveillance, and automated discipline in public schools; SB 5820 concerning freight rail-dependent use overlays in Clark County; SB 5936 strengthening remedies and protections for human trafficking survivors; SB 6269 modernizing the motor fuel definition to include gaseous fuels such as hydrogen; SB 6226 protecting audiologists’ clinical autonomy; SB 6025 updating fetal death gestational-age calculations to use more accurate methods; SB 6058 giving Labor and Industries discretion in wage enforcement and adopting a transparency amendment; and SB 6136 requiring publication of actuarial indicated workers’ compensation rates.
Most bills passed with broad support, though SB 5956 on AI in schools drew the most debate and passed 35-13. SB 5820 also drew a split vote, with supporters arguing it would restore environmental protections in Clark County and opponents warning it would undermine rail-related economic development and existing investments. SB 6084 passed 47-1, and the remaining measures passed overwhelmingly or unanimously. The Senate then recessed for caucus.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Hey, as a proud Peninsula High School graduate, and yeah, a big fan of the birds—go Hawks.
- A big fan of the birds. Go Hawks. Oh, Hawks. We are adjourned.
- Hey, as a proud Peninsula High School graduate, and yeah, a big fan of the birds, go hawks.
- A big fan of the birds. Go Hawks. Oh, Hawks. We are adjourned.
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
county ferry district, ferry district, passenger-only ferry, passenger ferry, Puget Sound, Vashon, Seattle, Southworth, county transportation, local taxing authority, property tax levy, general obligation bonds, municipal corporation, public transportation benefit area, WTSC, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, ferry terminal, wharf, shuttle service, marine transportation
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 30th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- shrimp if it's not actually American or wild-caught. ...shrimp.
- If they're saying that it's wild caught when it's not wild caught, then that's when they can get a penalty
- and say it's from India or Indonesia, how is that wild-caught?
- To wild-caught? Yes.
- It's just that it's farm-raised and not wild-caught.
Bills:
HB1958 , HB2031 , HB2879 , HB3285 , HB3995 , HB4487 , HB4558 , HB4560 , HB4876 , HB4899 , HB5212 , HB5317 , HB5543 , HB5567 , SB1333
Keywords:
firearm possession, tenant rights, landlord regulations, civil penalties, property code, justified use of force, deadly force, property rights, home defense, smart devices, data privacy, personal data collection, user consent, mobile application, data transparency, HOA, property owners association, property owners' association, Texas Property Code, Chapter 202
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/10/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> me wild rice. Bring me wild rice." me wild rice. Bring me wild rice."
- Wild rice. It That's what they want. Wild rice.
- </c> what wild rice is in Minnesota. what wild rice is in Minnesota.
- is more important than wild rice. voting is more important than wild rice.
- Um wild rice does bring jobs. And jobs. Um wild rice does bring jobs.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Four - Tuesday, March 31 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He came to us from the World Bird Sanctuary, courtesy of the Missouri Conservation Federation.
- He came to us from the World Bird Sanctuary, courtesy of the Missouri Conservation Federation.
- Dana Ripper from the Missouri River Bird Observatory is here with us today to help celebrate Conservation
- It’s the largest bird flyway in North America, and we have the largest concentration of nesting grounds
- It’s the largest bird flyway in North America, and we have the largest concentration of nesting grounds
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Our students celebrate wild rice by participating in harvesting, parching, and winnowing the rice.
- The decision was then made to combine those two options into a fictional bird, and for the last 30 years
- It’s a bird.
- The logo has no Native American imagery; it’s a bird.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/08/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Goose and I urge you to include the Wild Goose and I urge you to include the Wild Rice<01:03:54.880><
- rice. wild rice.
- </c> that the laws in place to protect wild that the laws in place to protect wild rice<01:18:26.560>
- </c> for wild rice and for its protection. for wild rice and for its protection.
- And for so many of the wild rice.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:00 am
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Any game farm with at least 5,000 birds must be treated as a large CAFO subject to the most protective
- When a state facility raises 5,000 birds or more, it creates a concentrated volume of waste comparable
- the highest concentrations over 30 milligrams per liter in groundwater on and adjacent to the game bird
- relieved to hear that they have since obtained the permit to raise these thousands and thousands of birds
- I live in the area where our drinking water has been impacted by this bird farm, and that is not subject
Committee:
House Environment & Energy
Keywords:
energy facilities, large energy use, regulation, state oversight, infrastructure, water quality, game farms, public health, environmental protection, regulatory oversight, extended producer responsibility, paint waste management, environmental regulations, sustainability, recycling, ski areas, winter sports, terminology update, recreation, regulatory changes
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you hunt birds like I do? I do sometimes. Do you use a 12-gauge or a 20-gauge? Both.
- I tell them it's harder. lot harder to shoot birds with a 20 gauge. The shot is different for.
- a shell casing from a shotgun shell, and seeing the inside of the casing, and if you're looking at birds
- reason it was created was because it would have that spray effect as you were out there shooting that bird
Bills:
SJR27 , SJR39 , SB22 , SB33 , SB34 , SB37 , SB209 , SB310 , SB326 , SB505 , SB605 , SB618 , SB732 , SB762 , SB769 , SB783 , SB819 , SB825 , SB870 , SB964 , SB1030 , SB1080 , SB1085 , SB1099 , SB1124 , SB1208 , SB1233 , SB1314 , SB1320 , SB1333 , SB1398 , SB1405 , SB1541 , SB1567 , SB1596 , SB1598 , SB1625 , SB1646 , SB1662 , SB1750 , SB1758 , SB1791 , SB1804 , SB1810 , SB1818 , SB1838 , SB1855 , SB1869 , SB1951 , SB2024 , SB2077 , SB2078 , SB2252 , SB2253 , SB2368 , SB2411 , SB2420 , SB2425 , SB2569
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Those deer are just as wild as any other deer and they live fine.
- But their breeding values are not good, okay, in the wild deer.
- Wild deer carry at least one S.
- What this ...out into the wild.
- They would, at that point, be considered wild game.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
Summary:
The committee heard a lengthy presentation from Texas A&M professor Chris Seaberry on chronic wasting disease (CWD) genetics in deer and elk. He argued that susceptibility to CWD is polygenic, that genomic prediction can identify more resistant animals with high accuracy, and that selecting for resistant breeding values plus the PRNP codon 96 S allele could reduce disease prevalence. He said his work has been used in USDA/APHIS programs, that some facilities have been cleaned up using these methods, and that concerns about inbreeding, increased shedding, or harm to hunting quality are overstated. Committee members questioned the science, the risk of releasing potentially infected animals, the financial incentives for breeders, and whether wildlife agencies were resisting the program for philosophical or institutional reasons. The witness and senators also discussed the Department of Wildlife’s role, the Attorney General’s opinion, and whether the state should act more quickly or wait for more data.
The committee then took up House Bill 3270, which would shift rulemaking authority for the deer-release/CWD program from the Department of Wildlife to the Department of Agriculture after members said Wildlife had failed to promulgate rules for two years. The Department of Wildlife testified that it believed it had complied by collecting native deer samples and that it had been operating under a different understanding until the Attorney General’s March 5 opinion clarified the original law. After debate over agency inaction, the adequacy of the science, and the impact on deer breeders and hunters, the committee voted 3-9 against the bill, and HB 3270 failed.
The committee also confirmed Jessica Wilcox to an executive nomination by a 12-0 vote. It then advanced House Bill 3145, which clarifies tagging rules for commercial hunts by making $10 tags apply only to male native wildlife and $0 tags apply to female, feral swine, and exotic wildlife; the bill passed 12-0. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3056, which would allow unpasteurized cow, goat, and sheep milk to be sold at feed stores and farmers markets with labeling; members questioned gallon limits and whether the bill included adequate warning language, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/16/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- University of Mexican gray wolves and the wild and undermines the science-based administration of the
- know, Mexican gray wolves were nearly eliminated from this earth and were totally absent from the wild
- Gray wolves reintroduced into the wild. These animals are far from recovered.
- There are only 319 wolves in the wild. Less than half of those are in Arizona.
- We have wild boars. We have bobcats. And among these, I've been in the Grand Canyon for many years.
Summary:
The committee took up two bills. SB 1075 would create a foreign entity review commission and bar the conveyance, sale, lease, or sublease of state land to hostile foreign entities without commission approval, with penalties for violations. Supporters said it was needed to protect land and critical infrastructure from foreign ownership, while opponents argued it duplicated existing safeguards and could burden lawful property transactions. The bill passed on a 5-4 vote, with one member absent.
The committee then heard SB 1280, which would prohibit the Arizona Game and Fish Commission from transporting Mexican gray wolf pups into Arizona or using public funds or resources for that purpose. The sponsor and supporters said the state should not spend money importing wolves and argued the population had already reached recovery goals, while opponents from Sierra Club and Humane World for Animals said the bill would undermine science-based recovery efforts and genetic diversity for a highly endangered species. Members debated wolf recovery numbers, population status, and potential impacts on ranchers and public safety.
After public testimony and member discussion, the committee voted SB 1280 out with a do pass recommendation on a 4-3 vote, with one member absent. The meeting then adjourned.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Wild hogs stayed in the major river swamps.
- Wild hogs stayed in the major river swamps.
- Wild hogs stayed in the major river swamps.
- So would the wild pigs.
- Nobody's going to buy a wild boar, and nobody's going to butcher a wild boar. >> All right. >> Representative
Committee:
House Judiciary
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 47 - 1 Apr 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Millions of birds travel across our state, most of them flying at night, guided by the stars during the
- peak of spring migration, especially mid-April through mid-May, our night skies are filled with birds
- It's not just about birds; it really is about all of us experiencing something bigger than us.
Keywords:
light pollution, bird mortality, migration, energy conservation, wildlife protection, University Hospitals Authority, funding, behavioral health, appropriation, adolescent health, emergency legislation, Oklahoma State University, Medical Authority, human performance, pharmaceutical expansion, emergency funding, juvenile justice, youth services, pandemic relief, healthcare
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Community Affairs Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- TRADITIONAL PROGRAM, THE SEDOWSKI THEY ALL WE DO IS MANDATED THAT IT GOES BY THE PERCENTAGE IN THE SHIM BIRD
- WHEN WE PUT THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION OUT THAT IT IS HEADING NEED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THE SHIM BIRD
- IS YOU GAVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO NOT HAVE TO DO THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC SPLIT IN THE SHIM BIRD
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/12/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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- 28.720><c> many</c><00:15:29.079><c> women</c><00:15:29.319><c> it</c><00:15:29.480><c> is</c> more wild
- it is how many women it is more wild it is how many women it is because<00:15:30.680><c> literally</
- </c><01:51:48.199><c> are</c><01:51:48.400><c> not</c> it's up to 25 to 30% of birds are not it's up
- to 25 to 30% of birds are not had<01:51:48.960><c> in</c><01:51:49.159><c> birthing</c><01:51:49.679>
Summary:
The House Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs heard testimony on House Bill 606, as amended, a bill aimed at preventing physicians from denying medically necessary sterilizing or fertility-affecting treatment based on a patient’s age, number of children, marital status, or a doctor’s speculation about future reproductive intentions. Representative Ellen Reed, the sponsor, described the bill as a response to her own long experience with PCOS, heavy bleeding, and repeated refusals by doctors to perform a hysterectomy despite her clear wishes. She said the amendment narrows the bill to medically necessary care, adds definitions for “medical condition” and “appropriate reproductive care,” and removes earlier provisions about voluntary sterilization referrals. She also said the bill does not target religious objections, and that doctors could still refuse for medical, payment, or existing religious reasons not addressed by the bill.
Committee members asked about religious freedom, informed consent versus waivers, and the scope of the new definitions. Reed responded that religion was not added to the list of prohibited reasons for denial, and that the amendment is intended to protect doctors when patients sign informed consent or waivers. She explained that “appropriate reproductive care” includes procedures such as hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, salpingectomy, and endometrial ablation, and that the bill now focuses on medically necessary treatment rather than elective sterilization. She said the change was intended to make the proposal narrower and more tailored after earlier concerns.
Several witnesses supported the bill with personal accounts of being denied hysterectomies or other procedures despite serious symptoms. Representative Lauren Selig described a decade-long effort to obtain a hysterectomy after years of cycle problems and migraines, saying doctors dismissed her concerns and treated her symptoms as normal. Jade Flad also testified in support, saying she had long been told to simply endure her cycle problems and noted that her husband was offered a vasectomy without similar barriers. The sponsor said online support was strong and that there was little or no written opposition testimony. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/16/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The University of Mexican Gray Wolves and the wild and undermines the science-based administration of
- know, Mexican gray wolves were nearly eliminated from this earth and were totally absent from the wild
- Gray wolves reintroduced into the wild. These animals are far from recovered.
- There are only 319 wolves in the wild. Less than half of those are in Arizona.
- We have wild boars. We have bobcats. And among these, I've been in the Grand Canyon for many years.
Committees:
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs , House House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference
Keywords:
foreign ownership, land sales, review commission, national security, property rights, veterinary technicians, certification, education alternative, Arizona Revised Statutes, veterinary education, Mexican gray wolf, Mexican wolf, Mexican gray wolf puppies, Arizona Game and Fish Commission, Arizona Game and Fish Department, endangered species, wolf reintroduction, wolf translocation, cross-fostering, wildlife management
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- funding, will it only go to those in the more rural areas, or would this go to Albuquerque to keep Big Bird
- Chairman, it would go to Albuquerque to put Big Bird on. She has my sheet, so I can't.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance