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• I serve as a district 2 representative for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.
• And now the trust has grown from a billion to $2 billion dollars, which is great.
• /c><01:15:42.239> billion grown from a billion to$2 billion grown from a billion to$2 billion
• Rarely does this agency complete applications for Tier 2 air permits within the goal set in statute.
• /c><01:37:17.520> is we're having now on your section 2 is we're having now on your section 2

Bills: HF1587, HF2293, HF2218, HF1208, HF1482

Keywords: HF1587, Cass County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, condemnation, eminent domain, state land, surplus land, public waters, tribal land transfer, federally recognized Indian Tribe, tribal ownership, land conveyance, no consideration, land appropriation, natural resources, U.S. Highway 2, Section 27 Township 145 North Range 28 West, land return, Tribal sovereignty

Keywords: HI Senate YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-PMFp4QNSA, 2026-07-02T01:23:14+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, 00:00 - Start 2:10 - SB 3243 5:45 - SB 2746 11:55 - SB 2450 12:40 - SB 2895 13:20 - SB 2965 14:20 - SB 2194 17:45 - SB 2747 19:55 - SB 2857 22:10 - SB 2891 28:00 - SB 3220 31:15 - SB 3218 33:30 - DM TCA 3:01 PM, DM TCA DEFER 3:05 PM, DM TCA DEFER 3:05 PM 54:00 - SB 3022 55:50 - SB 2641 56:33 - SB 2617 Hearing Notices: TCA-CPN 3:00 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/hearingnotices/HEARING_TCA-CPN_02-06-24_.pdf TCA 3:01 PM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/hearingnotices/HEARING_TCA_02-06-24_.pdf TCA DEFER 3:05 PM http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2024/hearingnotices/HEARING_TCA_02-06-24_DEFER_.PDF TCA DEFER 3:05 PM http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2024/hearingnotices/HEARING_TCA_02-06-24_DEFER-1_.PDF, 912, senate, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: HI Senate YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJE-DFMEMVM, 2026-07-02T01:23:10+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, 00:00 - Start 2:00 - GM 548 3:41 - GM 549 5:35 - GM 550 8:00 - GM 588 9:13 - GM 592 9:50 - GM 602 12:12 - GM 592 (continued) 13:21 - GM 603 15:08 - GM 613 16:44 - GM 615 17:50 - GM 616 20:09 - GM 617 22:29 - GM 618 26:55 - GM 617 (continued) 28:27 - GM 619 31:30 - GM 620 35:21 - GM 621 41:38 - GM 622 47:21 - GM 623 48:40 - GM 624 49:25 - GM 626 51:16 - GM 627 56:09 - GM 640 57:08 - GM 642 1:00:17 - GM 645 1:01:04 - GM 614 1:01:40 - GM 625 Hearing Notice: CPN 10:00 AM http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2023/hearingnotices/HEARING_CPN_04-13-23_.PDF, 912, senate, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

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• First, I'd like to call up Senate Nomination No. 2, Richard Webster.
• :10.640> and [clears throat] of Richland Tractor and [clears throat] of Richland Tractor and ATV
• ATV. ATV.

Keywords: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210, 18 March, 2026; 1:30 PM, 925, all

Summary: The Wildlife, Fisheries Committee met to consider several Senate nominations to the Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund board. The nominees included Richard Webster, Peyton Locky, Josh Ragio, and reappointee Van Ray. Each nominee briefly described his background and connection to the outdoors, conservation, or related business experience. Committee members repeatedly emphasized that the board should focus on projects that improve public access and advance conservation, while also considering projects across all regions of Mississippi, including north Mississippi. Members also raised concerns about the use of trust fund money for land purchases, noting that buying land can remove property from county tax rolls. Several senators urged the nominees to favor projects that maximize public benefit, avoid overemphasis on city parks or ball fields, and consider leasing land instead of purchasing it when possible. The nominees generally agreed that projects should be judged on merit, public access, and conservation value. One nominee, Webster, was reminded to file a statement of economic interest with the Mississippi Ethics Commission before floor consideration. The committee voted to advise and consent on Senate Nominations 2, 51 and 52, 53 and 54, and 89, moving all of them to the floor. The votes were taken by voice vote with no opposition recorded. Van Ray also discussed the committee’s earlier work creating procedures for the program and said the board had already supported many projects statewide, with a moratorium on land purchases currently in place.

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• had, the agency analysis had a cost to the agency of $8.64 million in year 1, $10.8 million in year 2,
• Arizona has ATVs registered like a car, so numbers are hard to find, but they have a total of 12 fatalities
• This bill can make the golf cart, the ATV, the UTV that can do wheelies and go down the road.
• That's what I think this bill comes from: just the convenience of being able to ride an ATV down to the

Bills: S0216, S0246, S0356, S0388, S0470, S0488, S0490, S0528, S0584, S0594

Keywords: reemployment assistance, fraud prevention, eligibility verification, Department of Commerce, benefit disqualification, specialty license plate, specialty plates, motor vehicle registration, license plate fees, annual use fees, Florida DHSMV, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, deauthorization, financial reporting, nonprofit organizations, college license plates, university license plates, veterans plates, law enforcement plates, Fraternal Order of Police

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered ten bills, beginning with SB 594 on local housing assistance plans. Senator Burton explained that the bill would make residents of mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities eligible for SHIP rental assistance and, in some cases, repair or rehabilitation funds, recognizing that many own their homes but rent the lot. Supporters from AARP and the Federation of Manufactured Homeowners said the bill would help seniors and low-income residents remain housed. The bill was reported favorably by a roll call vote. Members then approved two Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles measures: SB 488, the agency package updating Florida’s motor fuel tax compliance with IFTA, allowing online filing and private license plate agencies to act as agents, raising the crash-damage reporting threshold, expanding email communications, and updating tank vehicle compliance; and SB 490, a related public records exemption for email addresses collected for renewal notices. Both were reported favorably without opposition. The committee also passed SB 246, creating a specialty license plate for the UFC Foundation, despite concerns raised that the foundation is based out of state and that the plate was politically motivated; the bill was approved on a split vote. The committee gave favorable reports to SB 216 on reemployment assistance eligibility, which would tighten job-search requirements, require more frequent eligibility verification, and add reporting on fraudulent claims. The bill drew substantial opposition from labor and policy advocates who argued it would add barriers for unemployed workers, especially in rural and skilled-trades jobs, and that the state’s unemployment system remains difficult to navigate. Supporters said the bill was aimed at fraud prevention and ensuring claimants remain eligible. SB 356 on utility terrain vehicles generated extensive debate over safety, local control, and whether UTVs should be allowed on certain roads; supporters emphasized rural utility and law enforcement benefits, while opponents cited manufacturer warnings and crash risks. The sponsor ultimately temporarily postponed the bill. The committee also reported favorably SB 528 on manufacturing, which expands the Department of Commerce’s manufacturing responsibilities, codifies the chief manufacturing officer position, and creates workforce development grant support; SB 584 on commercial driving schools, which authorizes DHSMV agreements with county tax collectors to help enforce school regulation; and SB 388, which raises the annual use fee for the Florida Wildflower specialty plate from $15 to $25 to support the Florida Wildflower Foundation. The final bill, SB 470 on the Fraternal Order of Police specialty plate, was introduced as a measure to broaden eligibility for the existing plate and stabilize funding for law enforcement memorial efforts, but no final action on that bill was reached in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• of the lowest incident categories tracked by Minnesota agencies, far below alcohol-related crashes, ATV
• 00:04:31.520> crashes, far below alcohol-related crashes, far below alcohol-related crashes, ATV
• <00:04:33.280> and<00:04:33.440> UTV<00:04:34.120> incidents, ATV and UTV incidents
• , ATV and UTV incidents, and<00:04:36.360> those<00:04:36.640> resources<00:04:37.200><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This bill will open hundreds of miles of land for recreation such as horseback riding, ATVs, hiking,
• Does that include the opening to ATV vehicles in places such as Tiger Bay National Park in Volusia County
• Those would be horseback riding, hiking, ATVs.

Summary: The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee met and first took up CS/HB 973, a broad special districts bill focused heavily on soil and water conservation districts. The bill would dissolve 35 soil and water districts effective December 31, 2025, based on an OPAGA review that found widespread problems such as lack of revenue, inactive boards, poor notice practices, public records issues, and late financial reporting. It also would let special districts use state contracts, authorize FDLE background checks for district employees, preserve fire district taxing/service authority after annexation, extend liability protections for outdoor recreation on certain district lands, tighten eligibility for soil and water supervisors, and shift complaint review to the Commission on Ethics. Supporters argued the districts are often inactive, duplicative, and costly to review, while opponents said many districts provide local conservation, water quality, outreach, and volunteer services and should be given more time to remediate. Public testimony on HB 973 was mixed. Several soil and water district chairs and related advocates opposed the bill, saying their districts provide local conservation, flood, invasive species, education, and coordination services at little or no taxpayer cost, and that abolishing them would remove local representation and collaboration. The bill’s proponent, the Florida Association of Special Districts, supported the measure as a limited-government and accountability reform, arguing that districts with no revenue or contracts should not continue. Members debated whether the bill was relying on the OPAGA report while also eliminating future performance reviews, whether the Department of Agriculture could absorb the added responsibilities, and whether the districts should have been given more time to correct deficiencies. The committee ultimately voted the bill favorably, with one no vote from Representative Hinson. The committee then considered CS/HB 995, which applies to Monroe County and the Florida Keys. The bill would exempt Habitat for Humanity in the Keys from construction performance bond requirements for affordable housing, extend the Florida Keys land acquisition/set-aside authority in Florida Forever for 10 more years, and extend the hurricane evacuation time frame from 24 hours to 24.5 hours to allow up to 825 additional residential permit allocations, phased in over 10 years and directed largely toward vacant buildable lots and workforce housing. An amendment was adopted to codify the 825-unit allocation and the distribution framework. With no opposition offered on the bill, the committee reported HB 995 favorably by unanimous vote.

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• c><01:02:03.920> around<01:02:04.240> this<01:02:04.480> time<01:02:04.640> 2<
• idea uh around this time 2 years ago. idea uh around this time 2 years ago.
• don't know if you know the two funding mechanisms for search and rescue are a dollar on every boat, ATV
• :02.800> boat, and rescue are a dollar on every boat, and rescue are a dollar on every boat, ATV
• registration ATV and snowmobile registration donations<01:10:06.719> and<01:10:06.880> then

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• There is... if a veteran could take an ATV and not think about taking their life, this is worth it.
• It's also supported by ATVAM, the organization that gets all ATVs together.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Therefore, we're asking for $2 million to provide the essential need to cover the vast majority of the
• So, as we look at Phase 2, there's really not much more that we'll be able to raise our prices to account
• for Phase 2 funding.
• We're 2 and a half hours north of the Twin Cities, with a population of less than 200 residents.
• much-needed improvements to the recreation area's connectivity with other regional trails, including ATV

Bills: HF568, HF433, HF1689, HF3135, HF3137, HF3145, HF2887, HF2819, HF2802, HF2664, HF2267, HF799, HF800, HF3049, HF296, HF580, HF1438, HF1237

Keywords: special education, education funding, construction, Minnesota, regional educational programs, HF433, Cloquet Area Fire District, fire station, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, general obligation bonds, public safety, emergency services, fire protection, local infrastructure, Minnesota capital budget, DEED grant, municipal facilities, station construction

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• 2 months, 14<00:04:36.800> days.
• Class 3 rescue harnesses are $450 each. We carry 15 of those. That's $6,700.
• Fifteen sounds like a lot, but we teach a rescue class.
• We're expanding with ATV trails, those type of things.
• <01:02:52.000> Is ATV trails, those type of things. Is ATV trails, those type of things.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and heard a brief announcement from Senator Richardson about the Missing in America Project interring unclaimed veterans’ remains at the Western Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville. He read the names of several veterans being laid to rest with military honors, and the chair thanked the volunteers involved in the effort. The main presentation was an update on Kentucky’s urban search and rescue program from the Department of Military Affairs and Kentucky Emergency Management. Officials said the program is being built around two regional task force hubs, a helicopter aquatic rescue team, an incident support team, and a rescue aid fund for local search and rescue units. They reported that the $8.3 million appropriated for the program in the 2025 budget was fully executed, that $482,670 of the rescue aid fund went to 29 local teams, and that $493,592 has already been allocated in the current year to 36 teams. They also described warehouse and equipment purchases, staffing with full-time and part-time personnel, and a new training site on state property for collapsed-structure and multi-agency exercises. Officials said the program has already been used in recent disasters, including flood response and urban search and rescue operations in several parts of the state, and claimed the effort has impacted more than 1,500 citizens through rescues, evacuations, and related assistance. They said the helicopter aquatic rescue team is fully operational, the task force roster should be finalized by January, incident support should be online by April, and the full program should be deployable by June 30 or July 1, 2026. Members asked about statewide response times, K-9 search capabilities, and the long-term cost of the program, including concerns about reliance on federal matching funds. The presenters said K-9 assets will be part of the task force, that pre-positioning during forecasted storms can reduce response times significantly, and that they would provide more detailed budget information later.

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• witnesses who have registered and to accommodate all who wish to testify, there will be a, a limit of 2
• Attendance at bingo halls is down 43% from a high in 2009 of 17.8 million to last year, 2024, 2, uh,
• The brewery opened with a single location and 9 employees and has since grown to 2 locations with 45
• Current law prohibits persons from operating an ATV or an off-highway vehicle on a beach unless they
• HB 4767 abolishes the TDLR ATV and off-highway vehicle training program.

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• <00:30:41.160> to the assessment ratio of 9 and 1/2% to the assessment ratio of 9 and 1/2%
• collection on ATVs and similar vehicles. collection on ATVs and similar vehicles.
• Um, and as he referred, 2% look at. Um, and as he referred, 2% sales<00:57:43.360> tax.
• of 2%, that would be What? $4,000? of 2%, that would be What? $4,000?
• I'm 2/3 of the way. I'm 2/3 of the way.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The Joint Revenue committee met with a quorum and heard a series of interim topic proposals focused on tax policy. Representative Brown raised two ideas: reinstating an exemption reporting requirement for corporations and entities receiving tax exemptions, with loss of the exemption for the current and prior year if they fail to report, and revising property tax treatment for wind turbines and related infrastructure by shifting the taxed footprint from agricultural to industrial classification. Senator Case and others then discussed energy taxation more broadly, including a possible generation tax for electricity, how to handle large data-center electricity loads, and whether sales tax revenue from very large electrical loads should be shared statewide rather than concentrated locally. The committee referenced prior bills and studies, including House Bill 300 and Senate File 76, and discussed using a mechanism that would keep local electricity bills net neutral while redirecting revenue distribution. The committee also took up problematic gaming and program funding. Senator Case described personal experiences with gambling addiction and the lack of available resources, while the presenter said the topic had been requested in multiple committees and that the biggest concern from House Bill 171 was protecting county and municipal funding. Members discussed whether the issue belonged in Revenue, Health, Labor, or Transportation, and several suggested it should stay with the standing committee handling gaming. Ideas raised included using gaming-related revenue for prevention and treatment, fully funding the 988 lifeline, and creating a broader trust fund for addiction-related services and law enforcement. The committee appeared to agree to continue the topic for educational purposes and to examine taxation of HHR and other gambling activity. Senator Case then proposed a severance tax on wind energy, arguing that wind development creates permanent landscape impacts and that the state should be compensated similarly to coal, oil, and gas extraction. Curt Meier, the state treasurer, supported reviewing lease agreements and said Wyoming should get more from wind resources, noting the state’s unique wind potential and the loss of viewshed. Finally, the committee heard a proposal to reform property tax relief by extending it to motor vehicle registration. Former Revenue director Dan Noble argued that vehicle taxes should be treated like other property taxes, using fair market value, depreciation, the residential assessment ratio, and local mill levies, which he said could provide broad relief but would be expensive, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $120 million. Representative Chestek followed with a related reform proposal based on Pennsylvania’s base-year assessment model, arguing that Wyoming’s current statewide relief measures treat symptoms rather than the underlying problem of rapidly rising local valuations.

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• In addition, the board just approved $9,000 for a used ATV to get first responders to emergencies on
• local ATV and bike trails.
• <00:59:23.200> to<00:59:23.359> get<00:59:23.599> first $9,000 for a used ATV
• to get first $9,000 for a used ATV to get first responders<00:59:24.960> to<00:59:25.280>
• to emergencies on local ATV responders to emergencies on local ATV and<00:59:27.520> bike and

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• With 28 wins and 1 loss, and earning the fourA girls 2025 volleyball state championship with their 2
• The team ended an extraordinary season by earning a 2526 HCAA state championship during their 26-2 win
• 31, and it talks about any person who was convicted of the aggregate offense shall be guilty of a Class
• This would potentially add 1-2 days to that process, which I think is a reasonable step. Follow up.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: trusts, Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code, trust administration, trustee, beneficiary, qualified beneficiary, nonjudicial settlement agreement, trust accounting, fiduciary duty, forfeiture clause, no-contest clause, in terrorem clause, certification of trust, trust property, district court jurisdiction, venue, surcharge trustee, trust protector, trust advisor, principal distribution

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• I will read Amendment 2.
• Amendment number 2, I move to amend Senate Bill 1250 by restoring the title by Senator Hamilton.
• And 2 Samuel 6:14-20, David was dancing and he happened to expose himself in the Bible.
• I did want to clarify, as we were talking about the scripture, what would the author agree that in 2
• This is in grade school classes and this is in libraries.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: trusts, Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code, trust administration, trustee, beneficiary, qualified beneficiary, nonjudicial settlement agreement, trust accounting, fiduciary duty, forfeiture clause, no-contest clause, in terrorem clause, certification of trust, trust property, district court jurisdiction, venue, surcharge trustee, trust protector, trust advisor, principal distribution

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• Chair, I move to amend House Bill 3764, page 2, section 3, line 13, by deleting after the word “proven
• I move to amend the PCS to House Bill 3301, PCS number two, page 2, section 1, lines 1 through 2, by
• word “barrels” all language beginning with the word “more” on line 1 through the word “length” on line 2.

Bills: HB1322, HB3053, HB3180, HB3244, HB3269, HB3299, HB3301, HB3302, HB3430, HB3497, HB3584, HB3586, HB3587, HB3606, HB3742, HB3743, HB3755, HB3764, HB3767, HB3835, HB3848, HB3903, HB3905, HB4108, HB4130, HB4142, HB4227, HB3996

Keywords: domestic violence, offenders registry, public safety, law enforcement, victim protection, conviction records, elderly, parole, criminal justice reform, inmate rehabilitation, Oklahoma statutes, firearms, handgun permits, self-defense, training requirements, Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, elderly exploitation, identity theft, crimes and punishments, criminal offenses

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• to<00:36:22.040> $300<00:36:23.160> annually<00:36:24.160> to annually to $2
• to $300 annually to annually to $2 to $300 annually to compensate<00:36:25.040> for<00:36:25.200
• /c> Ford F-150 um to pull their boat or Ford F-150 um to pull their boat or their<00:53:52.319> ATVs
• <00:53:53.040> whatever<00:53:53.359> they're<00:53:53.599> pulling their ATVs
• or whatever they're pulling their ATVs or whatever they're pulling around<00:53:54.559> or<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Right now, the penalty provision for medical assistance fraud is a maximum of 2 and 1/2 years in prison
• That's regardless of the amount someone defrauds in the program. $10 in fraud, max of 2 and 1/2 years
• in prison. $10 million in fraud, a max of 2 and 1/2 years in prison.
• 2 and 1/2 years in prison. 2 and 1/2 years in prison.
• the underlying language for ATVs. the underlying language for ATVs.

Bills: HF2354, HF3407, HF4359, HF4192, HF3356, HF3695, HF1597, HF3155, HF3871, HF4437, HF4446, HF3990

Keywords: medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, ghost guns, unserialized firearms, 3D-printed guns, 3D printer firearms, CNC milling, home-built firearms, firearm serialization, serial numbers, unfinished frame, unfinished receiver, ghost gun ban, gun control, firearm design files, CAD files, digital gun blueprints

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• It's a 9/11 Memorial ATV ride. It's a huge community event.
• If a veteran could take an ATV and not think about taking their life, this is worth it.