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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/13/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- It would be like having the Farm Bureau chief, you know, have the biggest farm in the state.
- It would be like having the Farm Bureau chief, you know, have the biggest farm in the state.
- It would be like having the Farm Bureau chief, you know, have the biggest farm in the state.
- It would be like having the Farm Bureau chief, you know, have the biggest farm in the state.
- It would be like having the Farm Bureau chief, you know, have the biggest farm in the state.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The 2026 Farm Bill does the following. The 2026 Farm Bill does the following.
- It protects our working farms and farm operations to make sure those definitions don't unintentionally
- Specifically, the bill excludes farm and farm operations from the definition of commercial use, mixed
- It protects our working for working farms and farm operations to make sure those definitions don't unintentionally
- Specifically, the bill excludes farm and farm operations from the definition of commercial use, mixed
Summary:
The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and a series of introductions recognizing guests, visiting groups, and special honorees in the galleries. The chamber then took up committee and executive appointment business, adopting a report confirming 42 gubernatorial appointments by a vote of 36-0.
The Senate next considered a long special-order calendar of bills, most of them passing with little or no opposition. Measures included public-records sunset reviews and trade secret/cybersecurity exemptions; a child-abuse reporting statute of limitations bill; commercial driving school oversight; human trafficking training for nurses; a new injunction for protection against serious violence and its related public-records exemption; nature-based coastal resiliency and mangrove protection; a chiropractic trust-funds cap repeal; specialty license plates; a waiver of late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation; the Florida Farm Bill with multiple agriculture, biosolids, and enforcement provisions; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leases; disability presumption clarifications for first responders; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and the Blue Envelope program; campus safety reporting procedures for public postsecondary institutions; and veterinary prescription disclosure. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary critical-need practice certificates, and domestic animals.
The floor debate featured the most discussion on the farm bill, the HCSM/nonprofit religious organizations bill, the autism law-enforcement bill, and the school athletics bill. The HCSM bill drew extended debate over whether licensed insurance agents should be allowed to market faith-based health care sharing ministries, with supporters emphasizing consumer choice, free speech, and religious liberty, and opponents warning about unregulated products and commissions; it passed 32-5. The athletics bill, prompted by the Teddy Bridgewater/Miami Northwestern situation, would let coaches provide good-faith support to student-athletes while requiring reporting and FHSAA oversight; it passed 38-0. Most other measures passed overwhelmingly, including the autism bill 38-0, the campus safety bill 37-0, the public school patriotic displays bill 36-2, and the farm bill 38-0 after amendments addressing Everglades lands and biosolids timing were adopted.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. Apr 30th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Finance Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We've got folks working on dairy farms and we just had one of our most prominent dairy farms.
- That farm, by the way, has extremely good relations with the government. CPB folks.
- Farm workers being arrested. They're now in detention. We've got to milk our cows.
- Goodness, we need farm workers.
- This is horrible what just happened to this farm. Really terrible.
Keywords:
Customs and Border Protection, Rodney Scott, border security, asylum, transparency, Hernandez Rojas, migrant treatment, public testimony
Summary:
The meeting centered on the nomination of Rodney Scott to serve as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Throughout the session, various senators expressed concerns regarding CBP's recent practices, including issues related to border security and the treatment of migrants. Questions were raised about Scott's involvement in previous incidents, particularly surrounding the controversial death of Mr. Hernandez Rojas while in custody, which sparked a heated discussion about accountability and transparency in current border policies. Senators emphasized the importance of balancing efficient border security with humane treatment of individuals seeking asylum.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (03/07/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- enforcement officer, um, and it says, or animal control officer, and what, uh, we were suggested by Farm
- I think that the nonwe covers that because when you're talking about dairy farming, the once the calf
- I think that the nonwe covers that because when you're talking about dairy farming, the once the calf
- and how they do their with dairy farming and how they do their stuff<00:45:45.040>
over <00:45 - <00:45:56.400>
the talking about Dairy farming the talking about Dairy farming the once<00
Summary:
The committee worked through a draft bill amending animal cruelty and protective custody provisions, focusing on how animals may be seized, cared for, and returned, and on what rights owners have when animals are taken. Members discussed adding language requiring officers to inform a charged person in writing of the right to petition for a veterinarian of their choice, clarifying that any documents presented for signature must be fully and honestly explained, and revising language so confiscated animals cannot be altered without notarized owner authorization. They also considered a new prohibition on using confiscated animals for fundraising or donations, ultimately preferring the term “financial gain” over “profiteering.”
The discussion also covered protective custody procedures, including adding “municipal animal control officer” to the list of officers involved, allowing return of animals to the owner or caretaker if no charges have been filed or no warrant establishing probable cause has been sought or issued, and clarifying the distinction between criminal seizure and temporary protective custody. The commissioner’s comments led to several proposed deletions or revisions, including removing language viewed as redundant or inconsistent with protective custody, and striking references to live racing provisions that are no longer relevant.
Members further addressed lactating animals, agreeing to add language that confiscated lactating animals should not be separated from their nonweaned offspring. They also discussed a proposed confidentiality provision requiring people assisting in investigations or taking possession of seized animals to sign a binding nondisclosure agreement, though members noted similar protections may need to be duplicated in the temporary custody section as well. The conversation was largely about drafting and legal clarity, with no final vote or formal action recorded in the excerpt.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AEN-HHS, AEN, AEN-EIG Public Hearings 04-11-2025
Agriculture and Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- HOA does a great job of inspecting at the border, but for species already here that impact farming and
- HOA does a great job of inspecting at the border, but for species already here that impact farming and
- HOA does a great job of inspecting at the border, but for species already here that impact farming and
- HOA does a great job of inspecting at the border, but for species already here that impact farming and
- HOA does a great job of inspecting at the border, but for species already here that impact farming and
Summary:
The joint Health, Human Services, Agriculture, and Environment hearing first took up HTR 28, which would reconvene the working group created under House Resolution 18 to continue addressing water and air contamination and remediation issues tied to the Pua Range Training Facility. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, with speakers describing long-standing community concern and alleged lead contamination near the shooting range and nearby beach areas. One testifier urged passage as a critical mechanism for protecting the community. The committees then voted to recommend passage of HTR 28 as is, and the motion was adopted.
The committees next considered HCR 25 HD1, asking the Department of Agriculture to add a statement on desecration laws to the plant and animal declaration form, and HCR 200, concerning the Maui axis deer control and venison initiative. The Department of Agriculture and DLNR offered comments on HCR 25 HD1, and HCR 200 drew support from the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council and others, who said axis deer pose economic and environmental threats. Both measures were advanced with technical amendments, and both recommendations were adopted.
The hearing then moved to HCR 27, which asks Hawaii’s congressional delegation to petition USDA to address disparities affecting Hawaii’s agricultural exports, and HCR 42 HD1, encouraging each county to develop its own biosecurity plan. The Department of Agriculture supported HCR 27, and testimony on HCR 42 HD1 emphasized county-level invasive species prevention, the need for local biosecurity planning, and gaps in state and county authority over noxious weeds and invasive plants. After a brief recess to regain quorum, both committees voted to pass HCR 27 with technical amendments and HCR 42 HD1 as is; all motions were adopted and the hearing adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It supports oyster farming and restoration while putting strong safeguards in place.
- I mean, what percentage of the, of the, uh, the plate does a typical wind farm deliver to the state?
- I mean, do you acknowledge that wind farms.
- think I would be surprised if a, a, uh, the compliance with the federal statute resulted in a wind farm
- And I think there was some testimony earlier about that for the wind turbine farms that they currently
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We are home to the largest petrochemical complex in North America, a growing port, and a vibrant farming
- resolution HR number 278 by Darby congratulating Cade and Morgan Hodges on receiving the 2025 American Farm
- Bureau Federation Young Farm Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award.
- On January the 27th, 2025, the American Farm Bureau Federation's 106th Convention in San Antonio, the
- The Mexican imperial colonization law of 1823 granted 177 acres to the heads of families for farming
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Taxes Bill - 05/23/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- giant corporation that was farming giant corporation that was farming flowers,<01:40:17.520>
- And then also we see in the farm, even in smaller farm families, a trend toward corporate ownership of
- next<01:42:33.520>
generation transfer the farm to the next generation transfer the farm to - uh there were two brothers that farmed uh there were two brothers that farmed together<01:42:59.199
- even in smaller also we see in the farm even in smaller farm<01:43:38.159>
families <01:43:39.199
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 227. 6th designated portion of Farm to Marke Road 521 in Brazoria County as the Clarence BB
- service and sacrifice, the portion of US Highway 83 in Eastland County from its intersection with farm
- to farm with Farm to Market Road 2526 to its intersection with Farm to Market Road 2731 is designated
Bills:
HB227
Keywords:
HB227, kratom, Mitragyna speciosa, kratom products, kratom processor, kratom retailer, controlled substances, Texas Controlled Substances Act, Health and Safety Code, Penalty Group 1, tianeptine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine, synthetic kratom, kratom alkaloids, adulterated products, product testing, lab testing, ISO 17025, labeling requirements
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- in rural Florida; focus on infrastructure improvements that support homegrown businesses and legacy farms
- in rural Florida; focus on infrastructure improvements that support homegrown businesses and legacy farms
- both providing new funding for SCRAP and an updated arterial roads program, appropriately named the FARM
- options for Florida families to the Wildlife Corridor, connecting legacy trail towns and historic farms
- We have Tripp Hunter, representing the Farm Bureau, waving in support.
Summary:
The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and first considered CS/SB 7012 on child welfare, presented by Senator Graal. The bill addressed three areas: child welfare workforce shortages, higher-acuity children in out-of-home care, and services/data for commercially sexually exploited children. It would create a CPI and case manager recruitment program aimed at former public safety and service workers, convene a workforce work group, establish a four-year treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits identified by DCF based on removal and placement data, and require more detailed, extractable child-level data on commercially sexually exploited children along with a bed capacity study and service gap analysis. Two amendments were adopted: one clarified record retention for redacted assessments, and another attached the appropriation.
The committee then heard CS/SB 110 on rural communities from Senator Simon. The bill proposed a broad rural development package, including a state office of rural prosperity, a Renaissance grant program for counties with declining populations, increased housing support, major rural road funding, school consortium funding, and additional health care resources for rural facilities and training. A delete-all amendment was adopted that expanded and refined several provisions, including local sales tax trust fund distributions, county connectivity projects, agritourism marketing support, disaster-impacted rural infrastructure eligibility, insurance and provider eligibility changes, and increased funding for critical access hospitals and rural medical education reimbursement.
Both bills drew broad support from local government, education, health care, housing, and rural advocacy representatives. Supporters said the rural bill was especially comprehensive and would help small counties, schools, roads, housing, and health care, while one witness cautioned that road expansion should be balanced with protection of agricultural and natural lands. Senator Bradley and Senator Simon emphasized local control and the importance of strengthening rural Florida without imposing mandates. CS/SB 7012 and CS/SB 110 were both reported favorably, and the committee then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming
Transcript Highlights:
- So this bill is going to ensure that our drinking water is clean, that our farms, forests, and fisheries
- The initiative is about conserving and enhancing the health of our forests, farms, and soils, with a
- , and urban areas. ...aspects of conservation: forests, coastal areas, farms, and urban areas.
- That the team from EEA mentioned forests, wetlands, farms, and grasslands.
- There's a goal of no net loss of forests and farms. I think we have some work to do there.
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on natural and working lands, carbon sequestration, and related provisions in Governor Healey’s $3 billion Mass Ready Act. EEA officials described the bill’s investments in flooding, land protection, tree planting, wetlands restoration, biodiversity, dams, seawalls, and coastal resilience, along with permitting reforms intended to speed ecological restoration projects. They also outlined current programs on resilient lands, healthy soils, forest climate solutions, forest reserves, and urban tree planting, and said the administration expects natural and working lands to offset up to 7 million metric tons of residual emissions by 2050, while acknowledging that additional strategies will be needed to close the gap to the state’s 10-million-ton offset target.
Committee members pressed EEA on the cost of reaching the 30% conservation-by-2030 goal, the loss of a federal USDA grant of about $22 million, the adequacy of current sequestration estimates, and whether the state should consider regional approaches or statutory changes. EEA said current state conservation spending has been about $35 million to $40 million annually, that the Mass Ready Act is intended to help double the pace of conservation, and that federal funding remains uncertain. Senators also raised concerns about PILOT payments for state-owned land, the management of state forests, and the proposed Chapter 91 general license for restoration projects. EEA said the bill’s forest reserve language is meant to create a more durable designation process while still allowing limited active management.
Advocates from The Nature Conservancy and Mass Audubon supported stronger investment in land conservation and restoration, saying natural and working lands are a cost-effective climate strategy that also provides biodiversity, water quality, and public health benefits. They urged passage of legislation to increase funding, improve PILOT equity, and strengthen land-use planning and mitigation requirements. They also backed removing Chapter 91 licensing requirements for ecological restoration, arguing that the current process adds cost and delay. In a later panel, a forest scientist and an urban forestry advocate emphasized the carbon and cooling benefits of mature trees, called for greater protection of older forests, and supported bills to expand municipal reforestation and modernize public shade tree law. No votes were taken during the hearing.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Regarding State Farm, what authority are they challenging?
- State Farm. Mr. Chair, Senator Gonzales, it was State Farm.
- Chairman, what was their justification for not complying with State Farm? You can read the papers.
- State Farm wanted them to. You can read the papers.
- State Farm wanted them to still give receipts to prove that they had incurred an expense. Mr.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-19 (2:30PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It focuses on infrastructure improvements that support homegrown businesses like legacy farms and citrus
- both providing new funding for SCRAP and an updated arterial roads program, appropriately named the FARM
- The FARM program.
- This late-filed amendment clarifies that the FARM program funds must be used to connect existing rural
- such a unique place, to go from the coast, you know, where all the Starbucks are, to where all the farms
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing FSU Day at the Capitol, the Red Mass, visiting students, school board members, veterans, and other guests. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with several measures temporarily postponed before and during the day’s proceedings. Committee and executive reports were largely absent, and the Senate proceeded directly to floor action on the listed bills.
The Senate passed a number of mostly unanimous bills, including SB 36, SB 38, SB 40, and SB 42 on Florida Statutes revision; CS/SB 50 on nature-based coastal resilience, amended to strengthen the Florida Flood Hub and related research; CS/SB 116 on veterans, expanding benefits coordination, mental health training, adult day health care, and other veterans services; SB 126 on mailing prescription hearing aids to adults; SB 150 on abandoning restrained dogs during natural disasters, amended to conform to the House; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice for certain serious cardiac conditions; SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process for removing unauthorized persons from commercial property; SB 348 on ethics, including false military rank claims and collection of delinquent ethics fines; and CS/SB 7012 on child welfare workforce recruitment, treatment foster care pilots, and data collection for commercially sexually exploited children. Senate Memorial 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure was also adopted by voice vote.
Two bills drew more extended debate. SB 118 on presidential libraries passed 36-3 after questions about local zoning, traffic, and whether the bill’s express preemption would limit county and municipal authority; supporters argued it would prevent local obstruction and help Florida attract a presidential library, while one senator said she would vote no because of concerns about local safety and planning issues. CS/SB 160 on public accountancy passed 39-0 after an amendment clarifying contracted services; supporters said it would broaden pathways into the CPA profession and address workforce shortages. CS/SB 108 on administrative procedures and CS/SB 110 on rural communities were temporarily postponed, then later taken up and passed after extensive debate, with SB 110 amended to prioritize certain rural transportation projects, expand housing, health care, broadband, and economic development support, and draw strong bipartisan praise for its focus on rural Florida. At the end of the session, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, observed a moment of silence for former Surfside Chief John Healy, and made several closing announcements and recognitions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Feb 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Beth Spitler, and I am the field director for the California Food and Farming Network, and
- I staff the California Farm Bureau.
- These people are working in over 100 degrees in the farm fields of California.
- happening federally, how Well, is this, what do you, how do you see this federal policy affecting farm
- If you're a worker in California or a farm worker in California and you want to talk about what your
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- <03:59:01.319>
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in now continue seeding and and farming in now continue seeding and and farming - <04:00:15.439>
there asked asking to be able to farm there asked asking to be able to farm - been denied the opportunity to farm been denied the opportunity to farm there<04:00:18.800>
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they farms or do more oyster farming they farms or do more oyster farming they
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (02/18/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I am the farm program manager and I'm an investigator for livestock. >> Okay.
- These are farm animals. These are livestock. These are not family pets.
- These are<00:28:22.480>
farm <00:28:22.799>animals. - are farm animals. These are livestock. are farm animals. These are livestock.
- there is very good if they're on a farm there is very good if they're on a farm with<01:24:31.760
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/08/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- That still leaves $2.75 million per year for whitetail deer farm oversight.
- the whitetail deer farm oversight um appropriation<00:14:09.360>
in <00:14:09.519>the < - farm farm oversight.<00:14:18.959>
Um <00:14:19.360>line <00:14:19.760>90 <00:14 - I mean, I come from the farm where you got a backup generator and you hope you never use it.
- I come from the farm where you got a backup generator and you hope you never use it.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Info Briefing - Wed Jan 29, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- that focus on indigenous crops and farming practices.
- that focus on indigenous crops and farming practices.
and <00:59:49.240>farming <00:59:49.760>practices indigenous crops and farming- So now on those boxes it says that it's a legal product per the 2018 Farm Bill.
- have a lab sheet here I have the farm have a lab sheet here I have the farm bill<01:54:16.199>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:10:51.200>
I'll it could mean for our family farm. - I'll it could mean for our family farm.
- We've got a new market and are improving our farm.
- We're a Minnesota Farm Bureau President.
- nonpartisan general farm organization nonpartisan general farm organization representing<00:13:39.360
Keywords:
tax credits, sustainable aviation fuel, environmental policy, corporate franchise, Minnesota taxation, electricity generation, property tax exemption, renewable energy, incentives, economic development, fuel delivery, tax exemption, retail transactions, diesel exhaust fluid, fuel lubricants, healthcare tax, gross receipts tax, hospitals, chiropractors, healthcare providers
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- So if I have a heart attack or a stroke out on my cattle farm, which I really wish I was there today
- We can't tell our constituents you can't build a solar farm, but it doesn't go over very well when they
- But then a big wind farm came. It's 175 turbines.
- So I was on the fence about removing energy like such as solar farm and wind farm from that, but we did
- So I was on the fence about removing energy like such as solar farm and wind farm from that, but we did
Summary:
The Missouri House Legislative Rules Committee held a rare public hearing on House Bill 2243, sponsored by Rep. Bryant-Wolfen, which would repeal a local sales tax exemption for certain industries that was enacted in a prior omnibus bill tied to the Wayfair-related tax changes. The sponsor argued the exemption shifted revenue away from counties and onto local residents, and said the bill would restore local tax collections that had been lost without a guaranteed replacement. Several members questioned whether the proposal amounted to a tax increase on manufacturers and whether it could deter investment or job growth; the sponsor responded that the tax burden had already been shifted to Missourians and that other pro-business reforms could address competitiveness.
Supporters from Iron County, St. Genevieve County, and Adair County testified that the exemption had reduced local revenue for roads, law enforcement, ambulance, and 911 services. They described budget shortfalls, service cuts, and the impact on counties that had already approved local sales or use taxes by voter approval. One Iron County commissioner said the loss of revenue had forced higher property tax levies and reduced ambulance coverage, while St. Genevieve officials cited large drops in monthly sales tax receipts and rising costs. Adair County officials said the exemption affected revenue from large solar and wind projects and argued that the taxes were intended to support local infrastructure and schools.
Opponents, including Associated Industries in Missouri, argued the exemption was originally adopted to keep Missouri’s tax system uniform and compliant with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Wayfair framework for out-of-state sellers. They warned that removing the exemption could create a $35 million annual burden on manufacturers and potentially jeopardize broader local use-tax collections if the state’s system were challenged again. Committee members also discussed the possibility of requiring local voter approval or a replacement revenue source before changing the exemption. No vote was taken during the hearing, and the chair said he planned to execute the bill later in the week.