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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy.(6-4-26)
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
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um they took samples of fish tissue um they took samples of fish tissue um throughout - We have worked with the fish and wildlife uh to identify places where people fish most.
- We have worked with public health as well as fish and wildlife and put out fish consumption advisories
- So we PAS in all of those uh those fish.
- as fish and wildlife and put out fish as fish and wildlife and put out fish consumption<00:52:10.400
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources, May 27, 2026 - PM
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, my dad, by the way, proudly was a 41-year veteran of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
- Uh, my dad, by the way, proudly was a 41-year veteran of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
- Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
- of a fishing license, for example. example. example.
- I mean maybe hunting and fishing public.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-22 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and wildlife to fish and wildlife statutes. statutes. statutes.
- <00:26:13.080>
and administrative updates in fish and administrative updates in fish and wildlife - and fishing and wildlife violations. and fishing and wildlife violations.
- <00:37:00.040>
So <00:37:00.960>uh in for Fish and Wildlife lands. - So uh in for Fish and Wildlife lands.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
JLCAR Administrative Rules (10/17/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Next up, fishing game rule 173. >> Okay, so um these rules are on fishing tournaments and derbies
- >> Next up, fishing game uh rule 173. >> Next up, fishing game uh rule 173.
- >> Okay, so um these rules are on fishing >> Okay, so um these rules are on fishing
- space and a date for their fishing space and a date for their fishing tournament<00:32:29.760>
- location and date for a fishing location and date for a fishing tournament. tournament. tournament
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes and then adopted the consent calendar without objection. On the regular calendar, it took up a Health and Human Services Medicaid rule on laboratory services. Committee members questioned why an expired rule was still needed and whether any fees, fines, or appeals had occurred during the lapse. DHHS staff said there were no fees or fines, the service remains in the state Medicaid plan, providers continued to be reimbursed under the billing manual, and there had been no known appeals. The committee then approved the rule.
The next item was a Natural Resources rule package covering wood processing mills, wood concentration yards, forestry health, forest fire, and administrative fines. Representative Leon pulled the item from consent and objected to the rule’s repeated 5-inch diameter limit for burnable material, arguing that the statute authorizes permits for camp or cooking fires but does not clearly authorize a diameter limit, and that larger wood can be responsibly burned or otherwise managed in forested properties. DNCR’s forest protection chief responded that the 5-inch limit is intended to reduce smoldering and wildfire risk, align with DEES air rules defining brush as 5 inches or less, and keep backyard burning consistent with air-quality regulations. He said larger material can be handled through other permitting processes and that the rule is meant to educate the public and prevent unsafe burning.
Members continued to debate whether the rule exceeded statutory authority and whether it was practical for landowners managing larger wooded parcels. One member suggested narrowing the 5-inch restriction in the category 4 permit language, while another noted the statute appears to speak in terms of small or large amounts of material rather than a specific diameter. The discussion ended without a final resolution in the excerpt, with the committee still considering possible amendments to the Natural Resources rules.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 1/22/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- The DAV, we have an outdoor hunting and fishing program.
- The DAV, we have an outdoor hunting and fishing program.
- The DAV, we have an outdoor hunting and fishing program.
- The DAV, we have an outdoor hunting and fishing program.
- and just a fishing license, or what's...?
Summary:
The Veterans and Military Affairs Division held its first meeting with a quorum present, opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, and reviewed decorum expectations and basic operating rules. Members and staff introduced themselves, and Chair Aaron Repinski emphasized that the committee would operate as a nonpartisan body focused on veterans’ issues. No minutes were approved because it was the division’s first meeting.
Nonpartisan House staff then gave an overview of the Department of Military Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including their missions, organizational structure, and budgets. The presentation highlighted the Minnesota National Guard, Camp Ripley, enlistment incentives, the Emergency Services Program, and the Veterans Affairs programs for veterans homes, cemeteries, benefits assistance, and state-funded benefits such as the State Soldiers Assistance Program, Minnesota GI Bill, and Post-9/11 bonus. Staff also noted housing and homelessness-related initiatives, several committee-supported outside programs, and the Support Our Troops license plate funding split between the two agencies.
The committee then heard from Trent Dils of Disabled American Veterans Minnesota on behalf of the Commander's Task Force, a coalition of congressionally chartered veterans organizations. He described the group’s unanimous legislative process and urged continuation of a separate veterans omnibus bill, arguing it has helped keep veterans issues apart from broader partisan disputes. He also began outlining the task force’s 2025 priorities, including hunting, fishing, and trapping benefits for veterans, but the transcript cuts off before the full list or any committee action on those priorities is completed.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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and fish and game. both fish and game and fish and game. both fish and game - there's a highway and then a fishing there's a highway and then a fishing game<03:16:41.680>
- Uh that again the fishing game fund.
- . um fish and So about a million dollars. um fish and game<03:20:17.040>
department <03:20:17.439 - So that's something at fishing game.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In terms of the Fish Report, are we getting an adequate account?
- Are we getting an adequate picture through the Fish Report, or is there additional data points that we
- , because FISH capacity doesn't allow you to really account for ESC spaces, inclusion spaces.
- That wouldn't show up on the FISH capacity.
- So they're counting your FISH capacity, and you literally can't use the space.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education received a presentation from the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget and the Department of Education on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-27 education budget. Shelby Salmons outlined the overall budget framework, and Commissioner Stasi Kamoutsis highlighted major education investments, including $486 million for VPK, $30.6 billion for K-12 education, a $761.1 million increase in FEFP funding, the highest per-student funding level to date, and $201 million more for teacher pay flexibility. The presentation also emphasized school safety, mental health, civics education, and the Guardian Program, along with continued funding for TEACH, HIPPY, Help Me Grow, and civics debate and literacy initiatives.
Members asked about how the mental health allocation would be used, counselor staffing ratios, school closures and whether the department intervenes, oversight of school choice and voucher-funded schools, and the Guardian Program’s pay structure and effectiveness. Senators also raised concerns about the FISH school capacity report, data collection, teacher pay, professional development, AI and tutoring technology, and whether the budget adequately supports mental health services and school safety. The Commissioner said many funding decisions are left to districts, that the department stands ready to assist, and that the Guardian Program has been successful and expanded over time.
During public testimony, Pinellas County School Board member Laura Hine said her district spends far more on safety and mental health than it receives in state categorical funding, and urged the committee to consider full-day VPK funding, arguing it has improved third-grade reading outcomes in Pinellas. Senators followed up on district flexibility and local spending choices. The committee took no substantive vote on the budget presentation and adjourned after thanking the department for its recommendations and partnership.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy and Natural Resources Apr 3rd, 2025 at 09:00 am
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Discussion: Committee, I know, I guess, going back to the hearing on this, the Game and Fish was okay
- It will allow Game and Fish to more accurately determine resident participation in duck hunting.
- I have in my notes that the number one reason for the bill is to give the Game and Fish the ability to
- For the bill is to give the Game and Fish the ability to track resident waterfowl hunters so they have
- It gives some idea to Game and Fish and to the hunting community. The 50 feet...
Summary:
The Natural Resources Committee reconsidered Senate Bill 2159, which concerns a study related to nuclear energy and waste. Members discussed a proposed amendment to clarify that the study would address above-ground storage of nuclear waste, not underground storage, reflecting concerns raised by constituents about earlier nuclear-related proposals. The committee adopted the amendment and then gave SB 2159 a unanimous 13-0 do pass recommendation.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 2245, described as a hunting-related bill, and recommended it do pass on a 13-0 vote after brief discussion with Game and Fish support noted. Senate Bill 2216, the duck stamp bill, was also advanced 13-0. Testimony on SB 2216 explained that it would help Game and Fish better track resident duck hunting participation and generate revenue for waterfowl habitat, PLOTS access, and possible federal matching funds.
The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 2137, which addresses baiting rules and chronic wasting disease surveillance. An amendment was proposed to set a 50-gallon limit at a hunting location, require a 50-foot setback from property used for animal agriculture, and direct continued disease surveillance with a report due before December 31, 2028. After discussion about fence setbacks, livestock concerns, and the department’s authority to manage disease, the committee adopted the amendment by a 7-6 vote and then passed the bill as amended on an 8-4 vote. The committee also noted several remaining bills would be taken up the following week and adjourned, with no meeting the next day.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We could talk about the public fishing pier where a kid catches their first fish and the fish hatchery
- > fish catches their first fish and the fish catches their first fish and the fish hatchery<00:14
- >> and commissioner, we visited that fish >> and commissioner, we visited that fish
- Paul Fish Hatchery.
- Paul Fish Hatchery.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/25/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- And and like I said, fishing game is very dependent on licenses.
- fishing game that needs to arrest me, not the Derry police.
- and you just don't like hunting fishing and you just don't like hunting fishing or<00:18:12.520>
- For the record, Colonel Kevin Jordan from Fish and Game.
- <01:09:24.679>
game Colonel Kevin Jordan from fishing game Colonel Kevin Jordan from fishing
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce. Jan 29th, 2025 at 09:15 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Therefore, I have a fish question.
- All the focus on fish.
- They are really important to our fishing community.
- I want you to commit to me to promote American freedom fish, Alaska freedom fish, and not allow communist
- It does involve fish.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/05/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- fishing fishing economy<05:16:14.558>
time <05:16:14.798>is <05:16:15.000>money - You can't fish using lead. I wouldn't be able to check for that.
- Are they fishing?
- you think I have... no I didn't catch any fish and he acts no I didn't catch any fish and he acts suspicious
- so I had a I had an idea there were fish so I had a I had an idea there were fish in<05:44:31.680
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Agriculture Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
Transcript Highlights:
- Relative to Membership Updates to the Mass Food Policy Council to add a designee of the Department of Fish
- To add a designee of the Department of Fish and Game to that body, as a member of that staff has long
- Since octopus eat lots of fish, the demand for fish increases significantly, which adds to the problem
- Again, because they're carnivores, we have to fish for other animals to feed to them.
- We already know that fish hatcheries accelerate genetic mutations.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Agriculture opened its first hearing by outlining procedures, including three-minute testimony limits, written testimony options, and the plan to hear 27 bills in docket order. The committee then took testimony on H.11/S.53, a resolve promoting equity in agriculture, with advocates from the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative, Southeastern Mass Agricultural Partnership, and urban farming organizations describing racial and economic disparities in farming, lack of data on BIPOC farmers, barriers to land and capital, and the need for a commission to collect information and recommend policy changes. Committee members asked questions about the importance of data collection and future policy development, and the bill was repeatedly urged to be reported favorably out of committee.
Testimony also supported H.118, which would create a special commission to examine the strengths and sustainability of the Commonwealth’s emergency food network. The Amherst Survival Center described serving 1.6 million meals last year and explained that food pantries are now functioning as essential parts of the state’s food system while relying heavily on donations, volunteers, and unstable funding. Members discussed the need for a more holistic look at food security infrastructure. The committee then heard H.119/S.60 on climate change impacts on farms and fisheries, with regional planners and farm advocates describing flood damage, rising costs, canceled federal climate-smart funding, and the need for direct state support for adaptation, resilience, and infrastructure improvements.
The committee also heard testimony on H.125/H.142/S.65, a healthy soils bill, from landscape professionals who said construction sites often leave poor or stripped soil and that the bill would require better post-construction soil standards to support healthier landscapes and reduce long-term maintenance and environmental problems. Finally, the committee took extensive testimony on H.127, which would prohibit aquaculture of octopus for human consumption. Supporters, including legislators, scientists, veterinarians, students, and animal welfare advocates, argued octopus are highly intelligent and sentient, cannot be farmed humanely, and that octopus aquaculture would create environmental harms such as waste runoff, pressure on wild fish stocks, and ecosystem disruption. No votes were taken during the hearing; the bills were heard and testimony was received.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Fish and Wildlife. Thank you, Director.
- It's about fish and our environment, but it's also about people and jobs.
- For example, as climate has changed, fish have become susceptible to new dynamics.
- And it's possible we may need a third year of no fishing.
- Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Corps of Engineers.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Pat Rivers, deputy director of DNR Fish and Wildlife, is also here.
- Pretty are still ice fishing up there. Good, good. Okay. Thank you, Mr.
- We're not expecting a nice like to go boating fishing.
- We're not expecting a nice like to go boating fishing.
- about the fishing and the world by making them work.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board: Michael L. Cravens.
- Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board: Jaron Lyman.
- Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board: Nathan R. Reese.
- Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board Nathan R.
- SB 1353, monitoring program fish containment's appropriation.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and approval of the prior journal. Members then recognized several guest groups and proclamations, including the Alzheimer’s Association, the Arizona Society of CPAs, the Arizona Airports Association (with a proclamation designating Arizona Aviation Day), and students from Onyose Day Academy in Yuma for School Choice Week. Additional guest introductions included school choice and community advocates.
The chamber then handled executive nominations and a long list of bill introductions and committee referrals. Measures covered a wide range of topics, including veterans’ property tax exemptions, ESA reporting and spending limits, public school communications requirements, sentencing and expungement, SNAP work and audit provisions, immigration-related restrictions, water and land issues, election law, domestic relations, health insurance and fertility coverage, and several education, transportation, and public safety proposals. The Senate also moved through second-reading consideration of numerous bills and resolutions, including measures on voting security, prison sentencing, weather modification, water supply, emergency shelters, rural health, reentry programs, and foreign contributions.
A large portion of the floor time was taken up by personal privilege statements focused on human rights and immigration enforcement. Senators from both parties spoke about alleged abuses by federal immigration authorities, citing deaths and injuries in several states and calling for investigations, transparency, and an end to excessive force. Separate remarks also addressed a humanitarian crisis in Iran, with a resolution read in support of human rights and the Iranian people. The chamber recessed and later reconvened to continue reading bills and announcements.
No substantive floor votes on legislation were taken in the transcript beyond routine procedural actions, and the meeting ended with committee announcements and adjournment until the next scheduled session.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 25, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- port feels there is a need for greater safety measures, they would be able to apply to the Florida Fish
- We are on HB 1133, Fish and Wildlife, by Representative Shoaf. You're recognized. Thank you, Mr.
- House Bill 1133 for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
- We are on HB-1-1-33 Fish and Wildlife by Rep. Schof. You're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- Next up, Hunter Levine, Captain's Collective Podcast, Drifter Fish Club, wishes to speak.
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and took up five bills related to Florida waterways, vessels, and environmental protection. HB 1149 on vessel accountability was presented as a way to strengthen enforcement against derelict and long-term anchored vessels, create nuisance authority for repeat violators, and shift relocation/disposal costs to owners; it drew support from marine industry and boating groups and passed 15-1. HB 795 would allow voluntary buffer zones near deepwater port channels and turning basins to prevent anchoring or mooring in protected areas; after questions about federal overlap and impacts on other counties, an amendment narrowed the buffer concept and added authority to remove uninsured vessels anchored more than 45 days, and the bill passed 13-3 with committee substitute. HB 1285 defined “migrant vessels” and authorized FWC to remove them more quickly as derelict vessels; a technical amendment was adopted, Monroe County supported the bill, and it passed unanimously 16-0.
The committee then considered HB 1133, which would restructure the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission by requiring geographic representation on the seven-member board, staggering terms, and limiting warrantless entry onto private land by FWC officers. The sponsor said the goal was to ensure statewide representation and align FWC enforcement with probable-cause standards; an amendment changed board terms from five years to three years, and the bill passed 16-0. Finally, HB 1143, sponsored by Representatives Shoaf and Tant, would prohibit oil and gas drilling and exploration within 10 miles of certain sensitive estuarine and coastal areas and require DEP to weigh environmental and economic impacts before permitting near waterways. Support came from oyster farmers, shellfish groups, conservation advocates, and local residents, while the American Petroleum Institute opposed the setback as too broad and raised mineral-rights concerns. After extensive debate emphasizing protection of Apalachicola Bay, tourism, seafood, and fragile ecosystems, the bill passed unanimously 16-0.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- basically your hunting and fishing basically your hunting and fishing license is a hunting and fishing
- only license is a hunting and fishing only license is a hunting and fishing only and that's the only
- license okay with a hunting and fishing license okay with a hunting and fishing license okay but it
- license it needs the hunting and fishing license it needs the hunting and fishing license it needs to
- okay but I thought y'all just fish okay but I thought y'all just fish okay but I thought y'all just
Keywords:
SB82, warrant recall, outstanding warrants, stale warrants, misdemeanor warrants, Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, municipal magistrate, circuit court clerk, criminal procedure, court administration, docket cleanup, warrant audit, law enforcement notification, domestic violence, sex offense, weapons offense, deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, felony-related charges
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/13/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Um and yeah, we're happy to be Fish.
- So, our Game and Fish Commission sets a So, our Game and Fish Commission sets a budget<03:35:16.360><
- We like to be and Fish in Wyoming.
- register fishing outfitters and guides. register fishing outfitters and guides.
- heart for the Game and Fish Commission. heart for the Game and Fish Commission.