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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN-EDU-HWN, HWN Public Hearings 02-03-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • materials, including Hemp Creek.
  • There's so many opportunities with hemp, but we seem to have lost the focus on hemp.
  • Or how many that do hemp? >> I'm the only hemp guy. >> You're the only hemp guy. >> Yes.
  • people to do hemp.
  • um hemp pilot program. So we collected um hemp pilot program.
Bills: SB2178
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SP 2178, which would create an industrial hemp program in the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, establish an advisory board, support research through the University of Hawaii, and promote hemp-based materials and partnerships with Native Hawaiian practitioners and cooperatives. Testimony was generally supportive from industry, Native Hawaiian advocates, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, and the department, with supporters emphasizing economic opportunity, community-based development, and potential uses such as hempcrete and fiber products. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity also said it supported the intent, but its representative explained that the bill would require additional staffing and resources for education, monitoring, testing, and enforcement. Members raised concerns about overlapping regulation with USDA hemp licensing and the cost of new positions; the department estimated three additional positions at about $80,000 each and noted current federal licensing does not charge fees. The committee recommended passage with amendments, including removing state licensing requirements to avoid duplication with USDA authority, making technical changes, and blanking the appropriation amount for later consideration, and the recommendation was adopted unanimously. The committee also heard and later took action on several other measures. SB 2702, relating to Hawaiian Homes and an irrigation system inventory, drew support but was postponed for decision-making until February 5 so additional amendments could be prepared. SB 2785, relating to economic development, received mixed testimony but was recommended and adopted for passage without amendments. SB 2790, relating to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Mākai irrigation system, received strong support and was also passed unamended. SB 2314, relating to the Hawaiian language and the legal effect of Hawaiian versions of laws, drew support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and others, while the Attorney General’s office raised concerns about the wording; the committee adopted amendments incorporating language from the judiciary, clarifying that English and Hawaiian are official languages and that priority goes to the version consistent with legislative intent when there is a material difference, and then passed the bill with amendments. All final votes reported were in favor, with no recorded opposition.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Aug 13th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • hemp.
  • It is hemp. It qualifies as hemp.
  • tea, hemp hearts, and hemp protein topics.
  • Hemp helps. Hemp heals.
  • hemp.
Bills: HB5
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Aug 15th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the bill dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions.
  • Hemp doesn't do that. Hemp specifically has so many uses outside of just getting people high.
  • What he was able to do is every weekend and every night drink.
  • What he was able to do is every weekend and every night drink.
  • You restrict hemp products to 21 and over.
Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, and heard extensive public testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters, including representatives of Texas Values and Texas Values Action, argued the bill was needed to protect women’s privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and other government-controlled spaces, and said it would provide clear, sex-based rules. Opponents, including many transgender Texans, civil rights advocates, clergy, business and public safety voices, and others, argued the bill would invite harassment, gender policing, lawsuits, and invasive inspections, while harming trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people as well as cisgender women who do not fit stereotypes. Several witnesses said the bill would conflict with federal law or prison standards, worsen safety in shelters and prisons, and hurt Texas’s reputation and economy. The chair repeatedly noted the compressed special-session schedule and said flood relief remained the session’s top priority. Public testimony on SB 8 was eventually closed, and the bill was left pending. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 6, dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions. Testimony on SB 6 focused on whether the bill went too far in restricting hemp-derived THC products. Opponents argued hemp and THC have medical and economic value, that the bill would criminalize conduct and burden courts, and that regulation—not prohibition—was the better approach. Some witnesses supported tighter rules such as testing, child-resistant packaging, and limits on marketing to children, but still opposed the bill’s broad THC ban, higher fees, and age restrictions. Several speakers emphasized benefits for veterans, chronic pain patients, and small businesses, and warned that prohibition would push consumers toward the illicit market. The committee heard the testimony and then continued with additional witnesses, with no final vote or disposition reported in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 7th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This ultimately led way into growing hemp and creating a hemp company with my family.
  • If we ban this, I can go on Amazon and order some hemp. Drinks delivered to my house legally.
  • Hemp is federally legal.
  • Hemp.
  • Okay, two, hemp is not a crime. Hemp is agriculture.
Bills: HB 28, SB 3
Summary: The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Social Services Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The concern is making sure that they're actually hemp retailers and not just retailers that sell hemp
  • But giving hemp... ...be doing.
  • They're just calling it hemp.
  • Hemp is more nutritional.
  • to only be hemp.
Bills: HB305, HB395, HB341
Summary: The committee met in late June with Senators Hansen, Buckson, Siegfried, Townsend, and Huxable present, and first approved the meeting minutes by voice vote. The opening bill, HB 341, would limit DFS from filing child support in foster care cases unless doing so would not hinder reunification; Children’s Department staff said the department has already decided to stop filing in all such cases, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $140,000 annually. Public testimony from the League of Women Voters supported the bill as a compassionate measure to help families reunite. The committee then heard HB 446/related anaphylaxis legislation for colleges and universities, which would allow institutions to stock and use intranasal epinephrine alongside auto-injectors and update training and reporting requirements. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America supported the measure, emphasizing the need for needle-free options and faster treatment of anaphylaxis. The committee also took up HS1 for HB 356 on PFAS, which would ban firefighting foam containing PFAS beginning in 2028, require disclosure if PPE contains PFAS, and address recalls; DNREC and the fire service supported it, saying most departments have already transitioned away from PFAS foam. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 305, a diabetes wellness pilot program that would use continuous glucose monitoring, app-based care coordination, lab testing, and DHIN data analysis to shift care toward prevention and remission. Sponsor Senator Siegfried described the bill as a response to Delaware’s high diabetes costs and prevalence, and the Medical Society of Delaware supported it as a proactive model. The committee also discussed HB 395, which would regulate intoxicating hemp-derived products and synthetic cannabinoids by classifying products over a THC threshold as marijuana and creating penalties for unlicensed sales; the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner supported the bill, while hemp industry representatives and Senator Hoffner warned it could harm legitimate hemp retailers and access to hemp products. The final item, HS1 for HB 332, would ban sales and marketing of kratom products to those under 21 and direct the state to study testing and regulation of kratom and synthetic variants. Supporters, including the Delaware Healthcare Association and several recovery advocates, said age-gating is a reasonable first step and that synthetic products are the main concern; opponents and some senators argued the bill should go further and fully ban kratom or better distinguish synthetic products from natural leaf kratom. No formal roll-call votes were taken on the substantive bills during the transcript, and the meeting adjourned after public comment.
HI
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 1864, which would require health insurance coverage for standard fertility preservation services for people undergoing medically necessary treatment, drew broad support from SHIPA, the Department of Health, HMSA, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, and others. Testifiers emphasized that fertility preservation is routine coverage on the mainland and important for patients facing infertility from cancer or other treatment; one patient described incurring more than $20,000 in costs. The Insurance Division flagged possible Affordable Care Act issues, a potential conflict in the bill’s language about using patient history to determine limits, and a mismatch with state medical-necessity standards. Committee discussion also focused on whether the bill should apply to all women of childbearing age rather than a narrower age-based category. HB 2305 would require nutrition and metabolic education as part of physicians’ continuing medical education. The Hawaii Medical Board opposed the measure, arguing that CME should remain flexible and tailored to each physician’s specialty and warning that topic-specific mandates can expand over time. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, saying it would help the state’s rural health transformation application and could improve federal funding prospects, though the exact impact was unclear. Members questioned whether nutrition is already covered in medical training and whether the requirement should be limited to primary care physicians; the board said Hawaii currently has no topic-specific CME mandates and that physicians can already choose relevant courses. The committee also heard strong support for HB 1597, which would establish an Alzheimer’s disease research center at the University of Hawaii. Supporters from the university, the Alzheimer’s Association, AARP, and others said the center could attract federal research dollars, expand clinical trials, and help address the state’s high Alzheimer’s-related health costs. HB 2159, which appropriates funds for health care workforce development, also received broad support from the University of Hawaii, health systems, and advocacy groups, with no opposition noted. Finally, HB 2121, which would prohibit the sale and distribution of disposable electronic smoking devices, drew support from the Department of Health, youth advocates, and public health groups citing youth addiction, environmental waste, and fire hazards; the department said a separate bill, HB 1573, would be more comprehensive and better defined for enforcement and penalties. The committee ended with HB 1913, creating a veteran services mental health coordinator position at Tripler Army Medical Center, which was supported by veteran services officials and others who said veterans need better navigation and coordination for behavioral health care.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Agriculture & Livestock Mar 18th, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • to changes in federal law or regulations affecting the hemp industry.
  • hemp research permits.
  • Please continue. 33 34 I'm a hemp farmer, business owner, and the president of the Texas Hemp Coalition
  • testing hemp products.
  • It opens the door for universities and research groups to study hemp.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • are high-dose hemp products, which are basically just cannabis products.
  • This also then requires the 21-plus and stop warnings be included on hemp products.
  • Minnesota is still the best market to launch a hemp beverage.
  • still the best market to launch a hemp still the best market to launch a hemp beverage. beverage
  • address, and license number of the hemp address, and license number of the hemp cultivator,<01:31
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It wasn't about drinking fountains and bathrooms during the civil rights movement.
  • Hemp doesn't do that; hemp specifically has so many uses outside of just getting people high.
  • You should be able to smoke and drink at 18 too.
  • For hemp and shoot yourself in the foot while you're at it. I'm Melody Tremolo. I oppose SB6.
  • I haven't ever smoked a cigarette, and I haven't had a drink since the new year because...
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/25/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Tourism Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, you know, that industry has been destroyed as no more hemp industry.
  • <00:08:05.199> Well,<00:08:05.520> you the hemp and all of that.
  • Well, you the hemp and all of that.
  • as no more hemp industry. as no more hemp industry.
  • Chairman, I do remember in that hemp >> Mr.
Bills: HB393, HB61, SB234, SB234
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 18th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • it really doesn't touch the others. personal bond, now we're, if you've got, you know, you've got drinking
  • people didn't have vehicles anymore, we had the unit that they'd carry around with them. they're not drinking
  • Interlock, I mean, if you want to stop someone from drinking and driving, slap that one in their car.
  • Related to not drinking, but it ain't you, is that accurate? Can be. Yes, ma'am. OK.
  • They blow alcohol, they shouldn't have been drinking alcohol, or they're out past their curfew, or they
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Healthcare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, this bill now would regulate and license or permit both hemp beverages and also hemp products
  • ... the hemp... psychoactive hemp products that are similar to the hemp beverages that were put in the
  • Drinks it might take for an average sized person to get to that level.
  • Crushed green plant material from, you know, if it's hemp or marijuana.
  • And I've... ...with smokable hemp products.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • legalization of producing hemp.
  • TABC having regulatory authority over hemp-based drinks, there would be nothing, there would be no body
  • , broad-spectrum hemp, and CBD.
  • How do you justify saying, "Hey, you can drink it, you can put it in your mouth and drink?"
  • The hemp industry is also selling THC-infused powders and drinks.
Bills: HB28, SB3, SB 3
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm representing my TABC license distribution center, two drink brands, and an age-verifying hemp vending
  • hemp-derived CBD.
  • So if we ban this, I can go on Amazon and order some hemp drinks delivered to my house legally.
  • Forty-seven percent of Gen Z now avoids drinking, mostly choosing hemp alternatives instead.”
  • Hemp is not a crime. Hemp is agriculture.
Bills: SB 3, HB28, SB3