Video & Transcript Research : 'captive deer'

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DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 412 also allows for the sale of taxidermy and antlers from legally taken deer.
  • We have a tick program which we're exploring for applying insecticides to deer as a possibility.
Summary: The committee met in hybrid format on June 18, 2026, but initially lacked a quorum, so minutes were not approved until later in the meeting after additional members joined. The committee heard a series of bills, with most receiving supportive testimony from sponsors, agency officials, advocacy groups, and frequent public commenter Robert Overmiller. Several measures focused on transportation and public safety, including HB 363 on residential speed limits, HB 384 extending DelDOT open-end contracts from three to five years, HB 413 allowing green flashing lights on road work and emergency vehicles, HB 456 streamlining subaqueous lands permitting, and HB 388 letting drivers with temporary medical suspensions keep their license for ID purposes while being flagged in the system as not allowed to drive. Members asked questions mainly about implementation, enforcement, and scope, and sponsors or agency witnesses explained that the bills were intended to improve safety, efficiency, and administrative clarity. The committee also took up HB 111, which would require single-use food service items such as utensils, straws, napkins, and condiments to be provided only upon request, with exemptions for schools, nonprofits, health care facilities, correctional facilities, and similar settings. Supporters, including Plastic Free Delaware and the Sierra Club, said the bill would reduce waste and save businesses money, while opponents from the restaurant industry argued it could confuse customers, hurt tourism, and be difficult to enforce. Sponsors emphasized that restaurants could still ask customers if they wanted items and that the bill included a phase-in period and capped penalties. The committee also heard HB 393, a consumer protection bill for third-party electric suppliers that tightens oversight, training, reporting, renewal notices, and rate limits after concerns about misleading sales and unexpectedly high bills; it drew support from environmental advocates and members who had seen constituent complaints. Finally, the committee heard HB 412 on hunting and trapping education and wildlife drug administration, which was described as a safety and modernization measure and supported by the Division of Fish and Wildlife and sportsmen’s groups, and SB 346, which would speed up Environmental Appeals Board hearings and decisions. SB 346 drew broad support from DNREC, the Nature Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and business groups, though one witness asked to clarify that Superior Court appeal rights would remain intact; DNREC confirmed they would. The committee also approved the June 10, 2026 minutes after quorum was established, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn and unanimous approval.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Jan 20th, 2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I do know that, for instance, and the reason I bring it up is during deer season, you have to check in
  • your deer electronically.
Keywords: 959, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education (03/10/2026)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • rest this concept that teachers who are employees of the state in a classroom with children, as a captive
  • rest this concept that teachers who are employees of the state in a classroom with children, as a captive
  • rest this concept that teachers who are employees of the state in a classroom with children, as a captive
  • rest this concept that teachers who are employees of the state in a classroom with children, as a captive
  • rest this concept that teachers who are employees of the state in a classroom with children, as a captive
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is important to underscore that utilities operate as monopolies and that their ratepayers are captive
  • that their operate as monopolies and that their rateayers<01:25:13.520> are<01:25:13.760> captive
  • <01:25:15.360> If<01:25:15.600> a rateayers are captive customers.
  • If a rateayers are captive customers.
Bills: HF4059, HF76
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/17/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, that makes them a captive market.
  • So, that makes them a captive<00:26:45.080> market.
  • <00:26:45.520> They<00:26:45.720> are<00:26:46.400> sometimes captive market
  • They are sometimes captive market.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPC-CPN Informational Briefing 04-03-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Marsh services hundreds of captive insurance companies and risk retention groups and has a significant
  • Marsh services hundreds of captive<01:08:12.400> insurance<01:08:12.880> companies<01:08
  • :13.599> and<01:08:13.839> risk captive insurance companies and risk captive insurance
Keywords: 912, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • maybe he would know if it was gone, but if he had more than one gun, such as a pheasant hunting gun, a deer
  • maybe he would know if it was gone, but if he had more than one gun, such as a pheasant hunting gun, a deer
  • gun is stolen between Fez and season the gun is stolen between Fez and season and<01:09:11.759> deer
  • 09:13.239> go<01:09:13.359> into<01:09:13.560> my<01:09:13.719> gun and deer
  • season uh and I go into my gun and deer season uh and I go into my gun safe<01:09:14.120> and
Keywords: 1183, house
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 31st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Deers is here. Senator Dossett is here. Senator Fricks is here. Senator Gillespie is here.
Bills: SR34
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Debate on bringing up a semiautomatic military-style assault weapons bill 3/26/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't know no purpose in bringing an assault weapon out hunting deer.
  • I would rather have the deer to eat than have it blown apart. These aren't hunting weapons.
  • times over here, they probably didn't ask you if your semi-automatic .308, which is a very common deer
  • <01:09:41.720> a<01:09:41.799> very<01:09:42.160> common<01:09:42.520> deer
Keywords: 1183, house
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm returning from deer camp. >> Well, I hope you did well, or at least had some good snacks uh in the
  • I'm returning from deer<00:02:33.840> camp. deer camp. deer camp.
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (04/20/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um think of a deer or a moose, um foxes, coyotes.
  • That's why when you drive down the road and you happen to see a sign that says deer crossing, well, that's
  • Deers, the engagement of people staff of DES currently.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The committee held a work session on House Bill 592, which concerns regional conservation and energy resources planning for habitat strongholds and wildlife corridors, and a commission to study transferring ownership of the Winnipesaukee River Basin Program to another authority. Jason Stock of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association said his group was fine with the bill as printed, especially after Senate language clarified that habitat stronghold designations are for information gathering and not regulatory purposes. Ted Diers of the Department of Environmental Services strongly supported the bill’s Winnipesaukee River Basin provisions, saying the state’s role in operating the wastewater system is outdated and that the communities are now capable of taking more control; he also supported creating a higher-level engineering/director position to oversee aging infrastructure and help manage a possible transition. Committee members asked about the facility’s location, capacity, costs, staffing, the possibility of private operation, the commission’s membership, and whether the six-month study timeline was realistic. Diers said there would be no state savings beyond administrative time, that the communities already pay the costs, and that a report in six months should provide useful next steps even if it would not resolve everything. The chair closed the work session on HB 592 and announced a brief recess before later action, while a member indicated interest in proposing an amendment to change the commission’s membership.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • So this isn't just like I went out and shot a deer or whatever and I want I don't want to process it
  • So when you come home with a deer and you take it apart and you pack it, you know, it's a big job. take
  • ... about inspection, who inspects to make sure, I mean, nobody inspects my meat if I bring home a deer
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 2147 requires the Arizona Game and Fish Department to issue a landowner permit for the taking of deer
  • The areas, and that occurs in other areas as well when there's 20, 30, or 40 deer on private property
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The meeting was a rapid review of a very large bill package, with the chair repeatedly asking staff to keep descriptions high level and many bills placed on third-read consent or consent calendars. A major theme was artificial intelligence: bills would require minors to be told when they are interacting with AI, allow AI-assisted divorce arbitration by consent, create an AI education program, privilege certain AI communications, and require K-12 instruction on ethical and practical AI use. Other education measures addressed school district superintendents, health instruction, anti-Semitism prohibitions, fetal development standards, and school safety, including a bill allowing concealed firearms on school grounds under specified conditions. Several health and public safety bills were also discussed. These included funding and oversight measures for childhood cancer research, nursing care complaint timelines, firefighter cancer data collection, limits on pharmacy penalties, and a bill making it a felony to administer abortion-inducing drugs without consent. Members also heard bills on overtime wage enforcement, domestic violence evidence standards in parenting cases, probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, and a measure expanding manslaughter liability to online encouragement of teen suicide. One sponsor strongly opposed a provisional medical licensing bill for foreign-trained applicants, while other sponsors emphasized rural health access, nurse anesthetist reimbursement parity, and the need for a dental board member who is an oral surgeon. A large portion of the meeting focused on water, land, energy, and state agency oversight. Bills would streamline or change rules for small modular reactors, new power plants, water supply determinations, groundwater transportation fees, water hauling, and state land disposition. Members also considered measures affecting the State Land Department, including audits, oversight boards, continuation, land-use maps for data centers and energy projects, and rules for mineral leases and solar or wind siting. Other topics included wildlife and ranching, Mexican wolf policy, annexation, housing and development incentives, transportation and towing rules, digital driver licenses, and a proposed four-year moratorium on municipal and county fee, tax, and utility-rate increases, which drew questions about stakeholder input and the impact on enterprise funds and local utilities. No recorded roll-call votes were taken in the transcript; most items were simply presented, briefly discussed, and left on consent or calendar status, with one bill noted as held in rules and another pulled for further discussion.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Nominations May 5th, 2025

Nominations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Alvarado: Back in 2019, there was an explosion at a facility in Deer Park called ITC, the International
  • There were many shelters in place in Deer Park.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Nominations met with a quorum and first took up pending nominations from an earlier agenda. Members severed Douglas McReecken, nominated to the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents, from the rest of the list and then voted to report the remaining nominees to the full Senate by a 7-0 vote. The committee then voted on the severed nomination itself and reported Douglas McReecken to the full Senate as well, by a 5-2 vote. The committee heard testimony from Brooke Pop, reappointed as chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and later from Commissioner Katarina Gonzalez, also of TCEQ. Questions focused on whether TCEQ rules comply with state law, ex parte restrictions, public transparency, concrete batch plant permitting, MUD approvals, water availability, illegal dams, enforcement, and the agency’s role in local environmental disputes. Both nominees said they follow the law as written, described internal legal review of rules, and emphasized transparency, public outreach, and enforcement; Gonzalez said she had already sent back two rules she believed did not comply with legislation. Members also discussed TCEQ’s authority limits and the need for clearer public communication about what the agency can and cannot regulate. The committee also considered Alethea Sullivan, nominated to the Texas Southern University Board of Regents. Questions centered on TSU’s status as an independent institution, the role of HBCUs amid DEI-related legal changes, and student outcomes. Sullivan said she would focus on ensuring taxpayer and student resources produce valuable credentials and noted concerns from her review of graduation and bar passage rates. The committee then heard from Benjamin Barkley, appointed chief executive and public counsel of the Office of Public Utility Counsel. Barkley said OPUC’s main need is additional funding to recruit and retain attorneys and expert witnesses, reduce turnover, and continue representing residential and small commercial consumers in utility rate cases; he said the office was involved in 73 contested cases and saved Texans $2.2 billion in FY 2024. No final action was taken on the later nominees, and the committee recessed with nominations left pending.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

06/12/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • A school district cannot use a meeting of a captive audience of school district employees and allow a
  • private organization to recruit in that captive audience meeting.
  • Membership dues that they may not desire to pay by giving them that right to not have to sit in captive
Keywords: 1182, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/04/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I<00:52:38.200> come<00:52:38.319> from<00:52:38.480> a<00:52:38.599> deer
  • <00:52:38.839> hunting<00:52:39.200> family from I come from a deer hunting family
  • from I come from a deer hunting family I'm<00:52:39.680> just<00:52:39.839> trying<00:52
  • and your dad has a tag, you can't go with him unless, like, if you're a brother or ... it's not like deer
  • hunting where you can it's not like deer hunting where you can have<00:53:46.359> parties<00:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all