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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/12/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I have my trapping license, my son has his trapping license, my husband has his trapping license.
- his trapping license.
- And just real quick, you mentioned 150 licenses. Are those licenses for just bait?
- deer out.
- A cervid is any member of the deer family, so that's whitetail deer, moose, mule deer.
Committee:
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/09/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- if the total number of permits issued for deer exceeds 10% of the total number of deer tags issued through
- There is an enormous amount of deer on the property.
- We're not in the business of privatizing deer hunting.
- But you have to have a license, but not a permit. Right.
- It could be a deer, it could be a bear.
Summary:
The committee heard and acted on several wildlife-related bills. HB 2197, concerning camping near watering facilities, was amended to change the distance standard and remove language tied to domestic stock access; supporters said it would help protect ranch and wildlife water sources, while one member opposed it over expanded criminal penalties. The committee adopted the amendment and then gave the bill a do pass recommendation by a 6-1 vote.
HB 2497 would establish a statutory right to lawfully hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife and limit restrictions on those activities. Supporters described it as an affirmation of existing rights and wildlife heritage, while opponents argued it would weaken Game and Fish authority and conflict with the 2010 voter rejection of similar language. After a technical amendment, the committee approved the bill 5-3.
The committee also advanced HB 2147, which requires landowner deer permits under certain conditions to address crop damage and wildlife conflicts; Game and Fish said population management hunts are already being used, while opponents warned against privatizing wildlife. HB 2158, which would classify bears, cougars, mountain lions, and wolves as predatory animals, drew strong opposition from Game and Fish and conservation groups over science-based management and endangered species concerns, but was still recommended do pass 5-3. HB 2159, allowing landowner permits for Mexican gray wolves and a compensated trapping program, was likewise opposed as conflicting with federal law and the Endangered Species Act, but was approved 5-3. The committee then began HB 2162, which would require at least one Game and Fish commissioner to be a cattleman or rancher; Game and Fish opposed it, saying ranchers already have representation through the appointment process, and testimony continued as the transcript ended.
IA
Committee:
Joint Transportation
Keywords:
motor vehicle, salvage title, insurer, certificate of title, Iowa law, state employees, alcohol analysis, drug analysis, motor vehicle accidents, penalties, emergency vehicles, police, traffic laws, public safety, response times, driving privileges, minors, restricted license, instruction permit, Iowa Department of Transportation
IA
Committee:
Joint State Government
Keywords:
state contracts, vendor agreements, public policy, liability, procurement, voter registration, citizenship verification, elections, immigration, appeal process, massage therapy, licensure, establishment license, sanitary inspection, criminal background checks, public safety, regulation, campaign finance, foreign nationals, ballot issues
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/04/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
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- we give licenses based on who has the most preference points.
- Senator Kunesh: So if a 10-year-old applies for a license, first of all, can 10-year-olds have a license
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Natural Resources Committee in Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:38 am
Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- , which is a senior citizen lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license.
- , which is a senior citizen lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license.
- the special youth deer season.
- And once again, what is the XS license? What type was that covered? That is, I think it is too.
- It's a senior citizen license for fishing, hunting, and trapping. Okay. All right. Thank you, sir.
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 02/18/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
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- For example, DHS may only immediately suspend a license if the license holder is criminally charged with
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Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture committee considers HF40 3/24/25
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, because to me, it's not just deer to deer.
- You know, because to me, it's not just deer to deer. It's not just deer to deer.
- It's not just deer to deer.
- I've raised deer for deer when they die.
- Had hundreds of deer 25 deer 25 years.
Summary:
House File 40, authored by Representative Burkel, was heard and laid over. The bill would remove the statutory requirement that farmed deer/elk facilities maintain a physical barrier preventing contact with wild deer, and it would also strike language allowing revocation of registration and seizure/destruction of animals for fencing or escape violations. Burkel argued the current law is unfair to deer farmers, treats them differently than other livestock producers, and amounts to a regulatory taking of a legal agricultural enterprise.
Supporters from the Minnesota Elk Breeders Association and Minnesota Deer Farmers Association said the 2023 secondary-fence requirement is expensive, difficult to implement on long-established properties, and has pushed some breeders out of the industry. They described costs ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, said the DNR’s guidance is case-by-case and unclear, and argued that the penalty structure is too harsh for what they view as minor or unavoidable escape incidents. One testifier said the industry is being driven out of business and that the state should help pay for the fencing if it remains required.
The DNR opposed the bill. Its enforcement representative said the physical-contact barrier is intended to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease transmission and that removing penalties would leave little incentive for compliance. He said the agency continues to work with the roughly 10 noncompliant whitetail farms and that the DNR provides case-by-case review because farm topography varies. In committee questions, members discussed whether wild deer commonly travel along fence lines, whether ear-tagged deer have been found, and whether there is a standard approved fence design; the DNR said there is no single standard fence, only suggestions and review. Representative Burkel closed by reiterating his support for the bill and the committee then laid it over.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- when police have to confiscate a license plate, uh, from someone that's committed a DWI infraction.
- when police have to confiscate a license plate, uh, from someone that's committed a DWI infraction.
- </c><00:46:40.800><c> Um,</c> distinguish based on license type.
- Um, distinguish based on license type.
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Committee:
House Ways and Means
Keywords:
veterans, military affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Military Affairs, omnibus veterans bill, appropriations, National Guard, state active service, armory, State Armory Building Commission, veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, county veterans service office, Minnesota GI Bill, Gold Star families, Blue Star families, Secret War in Laos, Hmong veterans, Laos veterans, special guerrilla units
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture Aug 4th, 2026
Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture
Transcript Highlights:
- So, DWR says, no, we can't do that until we get the FERC license, right?
- McManus, you mentioned specifically Mill Creek, Deer Creek.
- McManus, you mentioned specifically Mill Creek, Deer Creek.
- Schumann mentioned, we just got funding for an allocation for 2024.
- Schumann mentioned, we just got funding for an allocation for 2024.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Jan 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Our deer, antelope, and elk herds have plummeted, and we just don't have the food supply to have all
- And what we have found is that that depredation risk increases as deer densities decline.
- Is that moving deer into the location of the wolves? That's what I'm getting at.
- Because we've got a lot of deer in suburbia. I am constantly reminded of that.
- I had questions, but you answered them, except for the deer one. You came up short.
Summary:
The hearing focused on human-wildlife conflict in California, especially predator management involving bears, mountain lions, coyotes, and wolves. The chair and Assemblymember Hadwick framed the issue as a balance between protecting people, livestock, and property while preserving wildlife and biodiversity, citing habitat loss, development, drought, wildfire, and climate change as drivers of conflict. Department of Fish and Wildlife officials described their conflict-response work, including public education, depredation permits, wildlife incident reporting, and coordination with sheriffs, counties, and other agencies. They also noted that wildlife sightings and conflicts are increasingly common in both rural and urban areas, including recent mountain lion activity in San Francisco and ongoing bear conflicts in places like Tahoe and Sierra Madre.
CDFW staff outlined the department’s human-wildlife conflict program, including the WEIR reporting system, a public toolkit, limited-term staff, and regional response efforts. They said the program grew out of drought-related incidents and later state funding, but that one-time money has expired, creating service gaps. Officials also discussed specific management approaches such as Tahoe’s trap-tag-haze bear program, DNA-based incident tracking, and the use of nonlethal deterrents before lethal action. For wolves, they explained that the species is protected and managed differently from bears and lions, that there is no general depredation-kill process for wolves, and that the department is working on data-sharing agreements, county liaisons, compensation programs, and improved coordination with ranchers and local law enforcement.
Members pressed the department on underreporting, trust in state agencies, the need for sheriffs to participate in investigations, and whether more authority should be given for public-safety removals or hazing. Assemblymember Gonzalez also raised wildlife trafficking and border enforcement issues in Southern California. The panel repeatedly emphasized that more resources, technology, and local partnerships are needed. Officials gave budget context, saying roughly $17 million in one-time funding over several years supported conflict response and wolf compensation efforts, but that staffing and program capacity remain limited. The chair concluded by noting interest in further work on technology, funding, and institutionalizing collaboration, and the hearing then moved to a second panel of university researchers who presented on wolf and mountain lion conflict, habitat planning, trust, and the need for flexible, science-based, locally tailored mitigation strategies.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Jan 27th, 2026
Water, Parks and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- Our deer, antelope, and elk herds have plummeted, and we just don't have the food supply to have all
- And what we have found is that that depredation risk increases as deer densities decline.
- Is that moving deer into the location of the wolves? That's what I'm getting at.
- Because we've got a lot of deer in suburbia. I am constantly reminded of that.
- I had questions, but you answered them, except for the deer one. You came up short.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Jan 26th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- Deer Park ambulance came and provided the initial medical assistance.
- It's an immediate suspension of their license and possible vehicle seizure.
- How many of you actually use License Express and use it for registration?
- How many of you actually use License Express and use it for registration?
- Brandon Bannister, policy and legislative analyst for the Department of Licensing.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
snowmobile, snowmobile registration, vehicle registration fees, registration fee, Department of Licensing, DOL, recreational vehicles, winter recreation, vintage snowmobile, parks and recreation, vehicle license fee, RCW 46.17, fee schedule, renewal fee, initial fee, Washington state, electric-assisted bicycles, electric motorcycles, transportation regulation, safety standards
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- ><00:37:38.319><c> uh</c> that so if you're using a modern uh that so if you're using a modern uh license
- 39.400><c> software</c><00:37:39.760><c> that</c><00:37:39.880><c> you</c><00:37:40.000><c> use</c> license
- for the software that you use license for the software that you use internally<00:37:40.760><c> that
- If you're using a modern license for the software you use internally, that next rollout can include a
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
sports facilities, Minnesota, legislative commission, financial oversight, accountability, HF1062, driver and vehicle systems oversight committee, MNLARS, VTRS, vehicle title and registration system, driver's license system, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, MN.IT, legislative oversight, transportation finance, state government, committee repeal, sunset provision, information technology audit, vehicle registration
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- So are we now asking non-lawyers to adjudicate issues which would otherwise require licensed attorneys
- If you don't, you're going to be practicing law without a license.
Bills:
HR2 , HR37 , HR61 , HCR11 , HCR64 , HB89 , HB183 , HB341 , HB371 , HB451 , HB480 , HB520 , HB541 , HB579 , HB597 , HB816 , HB1004 , HB1064 , HB1165 , SB44
Committee:
House Judiciary
Keywords:
transparency, accountability, Justice Department, FBI, Jeffrey Epstein, victim protection, investigation, public trust, HR37, House Resolution 37, Honduras veterans, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, military medal, veteran recognition, Congress memorialization, U.S. veterans, foreign deployment, 1981 to 1992, military service awards, combat support
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The animal-friendly license plate is one of the five most popular specially licensed plates offered.
- We have the Department of Motor Vehicles and the agency sponsor for this license plate fund.
- Those license plates are $30.
- We also believe that the current license plate design is outdated.
- The state allocated funds to cities for cleanup.
Bills:
HB341 , HB791 , HB1564 , HB1695 , HB1722 , HB1729 , HB1772 , HB2003 , HB2954 , HB2989 , HB3084 , HB3134 , HB3135 , HB3309 , HB3611 , HB3679 , HB3727 , HB3832
Committee:
House Transportation
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, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The JOBS Act allocated $66 billion towards rail efforts in the country, and there are two primary problems
Bills:
HB341 , HB791 , HB1564 , HB1695 , HB1722 , HB1729 , HB1772 , HB2003 , HB2954 , HB2989 , HB3084 , HB3134 , HB3135 , HB3309 , HB3611 , HB3679 , HB3727 , HB3832
Committee:
House Transportation
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, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So for fiscal year 25, our license revenue was just over $65 million.
- The price of licenses are set in statute, and for those that are price-locked, a deer tag cost the same
- Our target is to have less than 10% of checked licenses result in a violation.
- That requires every non-resident who wants to purchase a deer and elk tag to first buy a hunting license
- We had every deer and elk tag applied for and drawn.
Committee:
House Resources and Conservation
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business REVISED: SB1873 - Link added Mar 31st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Business
Committee:
House Business
Keywords:
roofing, contractor registration, continuing education, endorsement, construction industry, fireworks, consumer safety, local governance, emergency declaration, public safety, dentist, dental hygienist, dentistry, dental hygiene, licensure compact, interstate compact, professional licensing, license portability, health workforce, workforce shortage
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- What disabilities on driver's license.
- And to me, this is a distinctive license plate for an organization.
- There was a fee on driver's license.
- Did they go through the license about.
- And somewhere along the line, licenses.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
property, acknowledgment, conveyance, business entities, limited liability companies, state employees, payroll deduction, salary deduction, comptroller, membership association, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, deferred compensation, state payroll, employee benefits, association dues, withholding, Alabama Code 36-1-4.3