Video & Transcript Research : 'game and fish'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2026-04-08

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:04:51.280><c> per</c> February 26 and and are now $1,000 per February 26 and and are now $1,000
  • And we're to farmers and consumers.
  • I'm a deputy director for the Division of Fish and Wildlife at the Minnesota DNR.
  • and</c><01:14:41.440><c> other</c> Labor and Industry and DED and other Labor and Industry and DED and
  • Um, and we also acknowledge that lots already exist. So we are not the only game in town.
Bills: HF2103, HF4508
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Apr 1st, 2026

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our shrimp and our fish industry is suffering due to imports.
  • And we need it more and um industry.
  • Our shrimp and our fish imports.
  • Our shrimp and our fish industry<00:09:21.680><c> is</c><00:09:22.000><c> suffering</c> industry is suffering
  • look and see that the just go and look and see that the restaurants<00:10:15.760><c> have</c><00:10:16.000
Bills: HB444, HB444
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:10:59.360><c> and</c> director of the Division of Fish and director of the Division of Fish and
  • It absorbs excess nutrients, improves water quality, and provides food and habitat for fish, ducks, and
  • And so, really, part that can kill fish.
  • </c><00:37:33.760><c> lake</c> healthy fish stock uh and clean lake healthy fish stock uh and clean lake
  • </c> it's if it's animals, if it's the fish it's if it's animals, if it's the fish and<00:42:19.400><
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

Transcript Highlights:
  • looking and solely focused on the fish itself and not the water quality.
  • So if me and you just went fishing and I caught everything, I could take it home and cook it.
  • And if... ...getting as many trophy-size fish.
  • And if the fishing tournament people want to continue to fish and just not catch huge fish but still
  • And if they're okay with that, shouldn't they be allowed to fish and catch those fish?
Bills: HB1, HB143, HB1, HB92
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 1st, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I agree that all histories and cultures should be reflected in the history of Texas, and so I would
  • and the sanctioning and selling of commemorative products.
  • He came in and... and he took, and in the master's division, I want to make that part clear.
  • And this.
  • These same conversations are happening today in our schools. ...boardrooms and schools and cities, and
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 1st, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • And COVID, of course, didn't help.
  • We're a non-profit advocating for clean air and water, as well as parks and wildlife, and I'm here today
  • And that doesn't even include smaller vertebrates and other birds.
  • And so that adds up to thousands of crashes and property damage. injuries and dozens of deaths every
  • of HB5259, and I close.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 20, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
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  • been reduced back down, Uh and now it's been reduced back down, and and and it's<00:15:21.320><c> not
  • </c><00:16:27.120><c> I</c> and then I That's a dangerous game.
  • I and then I That's a dangerous game.
  • And have predictability and stability.
Bills: SF0052
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • go outside and watch.
  • And now, we're adding another fee and doubling that fee.
  • Can we implement this in our state to set up things as the outfitters play this game and get caught cheating
  • the access points in and out and They do that so that they can control the trash and pollution and who's
  • And, morning, Mr. Chairman and members.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 23rd, 2026

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if you are videoing, you can go outside and watch.
  • Chicken laying there and you're making your gravy and you just debone the chicken and it has salmonella
  • Up to 55,000 gallons per acre will be conserved, and that would also then create jobs and contracts and
  • And that's one area, one more of wins, and that is for CLO and the OCC.
  • And they do that so that they can control the trash and pollution and who's going in and out of that
Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 2122, which would give the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry more flexibility to allow out-of-state poultry processing when in-state processing is unavailable. Supporters said the bill would help poultry producers who face short processing windows and lack sufficient in-state capacity, while opponents raised questions about food safety and environmental standards. The bill passed 13-0. The committee then took up Senate Bill 330, as amended, to help the Oklahoma State Veterinary School Committee study and support the state’s growing elk herd in western Oklahoma. An amendment updated dates and removed a fiscal section, and the bill passed 11-2. Senate Bill 271 followed, updating dairy regulation authority from milk from cows and goats to milk from all hoofed mammals and increasing the milk production fee from one cent to two cents per hundredweight. The Department of Agriculture said the change was needed to preserve Grade A status, maintain interstate milk shipping, and cover program costs without subsidizing the dairy program from poultry fees. After extensive debate over fees, federal pressure, raw milk safety, and state sovereignty, the bill passed 8-7. Later, the committee approved Senate Bill 2169, which creates a framework for managing invasive woody species and cedar removal on state lands to improve forage, reduce wildfire risk, conserve water, and increase school land revenues; it passed 12-1. Senate Bill 269, addressing baiting in migratory bird hunting and related penalties for guides, also passed 12-1. Senate Bill 2095, setting fees and fines for hunting guides and outfitters, passed 12-1 after questions about misdemeanor versus felony penalties. Finally, Senate Bill 2157, creating a Southeast Scenic Rivers framework, passed 8-5 after testimony that it would protect water resources and avoid federal scenic river designation, while critics argued it could expand government and affect property and agricultural rights.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • 25.440><c> Wildlife</c> &gt;&gt; Department of Fish and Wildlife &gt;&gt; Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • unmanned aircraft for the take of wildlife, and 301 K 3160 establishes reciprocal hunting and fishing
  • Fish and Wildlife Code. So, 16 U.S.
  • waters and you get stopped and checked, then your fishing agreement would work in Ohio.
Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then reviewed a series of agency regulations, most of which had staff-suggested amendments. The Board of Pharmacy regulation on remote prescription processing was amended to make grammatical and KRS Chapter 13A compliance corrections, and the Board of Social Work regulation on continuing education, telehealth training, waivers, and related fees was deferred at the agency’s request. The Occupational Therapy Compact rule update and the Professional Geologists fee increase regulation both received staff amendments and were approved, with the geologists’ board explaining the increases were driven by rising oversight costs and declining revenue. The committee also reviewed emergency regulations from the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, the Board of Emergency Medical Services, the Transportation Cabinet, and the Department of Workplace Standards. The EMS package covered licensing classifications, compliance audits, ambulance service rules, and electronic forms; the Transportation Cabinet’s emergency rule established procedures for street-legal special purpose vehicles; and Workplace Standards’ emergency rules updated Kentucky requirements to align with federal standards and House Bill 398, including shortening the discrimination complaint filing deadline from 120 days to 30 days and adjusting appeal procedures. Staff amendments were approved where offered, and members asked several clarifying questions about the rationale and effect of the workplace and EMS changes. The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources explained rules on aircraft and drone use in taking wildlife and on reciprocal hunting and fishing agreements with neighboring states. The agency said the drone restriction was intended to align with federal law and address hunter complaints, while the reciprocal agreement rule was a cleanup of older agreements that had lapsed or been overlooked; the committee deferred the wildlife regulation 301 KAR 2:031 at the agency’s request. The Department of Education also presented multiple KHSAA-related and standards updates, including academic eligibility, sports timing, health and physical education standards, and career studies/financial literacy standards; staff amendments were approved, and members questioned the athletic forms and the designation of KHSAA as the state’s athletic agent. Finally, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented emergency regulations to support a pediatric teaching hospital expansion and related certificate-of-need changes, which the agency said were aimed at improving pediatric and neonatal access to care; staff amendments were approved, and the committee concluded by setting its next meeting for October 13 at 1:00 p.m.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, 301 KAR 1201 and 2178
  • black bass; limit the number of largemouth bass that may be kept when fishing on Cave Run Lake; and
  • on Cave Run Lake, be kept when fishing on Cave Run Lake, and<00:01:00.440><c> add</c><00:01:00.640><
  • </c><00:01:01.840><c> in</c> and add two lakes to the fishing in and add two lakes to the fishing in
  • >> Gabe Jenkins, Deputy Commissioner, Fish and Wildlife. Thank you. There are staff amendments.
Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum present, approved the minutes without objection, and then reviewed a series of administrative regulations from multiple agencies. Most of the regulations received staff-suggested amendments and were approved without objection, including fish and wildlife rules on fishing limits and deer hunting on local government property, veterinary board changes to responsible party and veterinary manager requirements, election procedures for safe-at-home voters, attorney general regulatory relief rules, emergency gasoline tax pricing, public pensions updates, controller fraud-prevention policies, physical therapy licensure and English proficiency standards, school nutrition and fee-waiver rules, public health conference procedures, and Medicaid waiver regulations. Several agencies briefly identified themselves and answered procedural questions, but most items drew no substantive opposition. The Board of Veterinary Examiners regulation included an agency amendment that removed a proposed limit on the number of facilities a veterinary manager could oversee. The Department of Education regulations updated fee waiver and meal program procedures, while the Department of Public Health regulation clarified notification and conference-request procedures. The Department of Revenue and Kentucky Public Pensions Authority items were largely technical or conforming changes, including a special-needs trust definition added for consistency with Senate Bill 85. The most extensive discussion involved the Department for Medicaid Services’ 1915C child waiver regulations. Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified in opposition to the waiver’s lack of participant-directed services, arguing that consumer-driven services such as respite and community living support are required and especially important in rural areas and for higher-acuity children. Cabinet representatives responded that the waiver is intended to provide wraparound services to keep children in homes and communities, that it has CMS approval, and that the program is limited to 100 slots with about 21 participants already enrolled. Members did not move a deficiency motion, and the chair indicated the regulations would continue through the process. The meeting adjourned after setting the next meeting for Tuesday, August 11 at 1:00 p.m.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The departments of ecology and fish and wildlife may condition the issuance of certain environmental
  • Revenues from these criminal wildlife penalty assessments are deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Enforcement
  • Reward Account, and they may be used by the Department of Fish and Wildlife for wildlife enforcement
  • Fish and Wildlife is directed in the bill to transfer 50% of the penalty amounts to the University of
  • Game species in Washington are not allowed to be sold, distributed, or traded, and so on.
Summary: The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard several bills. On SB 5930, staff explained that the bill would create a spouse-employment exception to the municipal conflict-of-interest rules for irrigation district directors, allowing a director’s spouse to work for the district if employed before the director’s election, with disclosure and recusal requirements. Senator Gainer said the bill would help rural districts with limited staffing options, and a representative of the Washington State Water Resources Association testified in support. The bill drew 58 pro and one con sign-in, and the public hearing was closed. The committee then heard SB 6075, which would expand use of the Habitat Conservation Account to help landowners facing mitigation requirements from Ecology or Fish and Wildlife when those costs exceed a typical mitigation fee or reduce more than half the financial benefit of the property’s current use. Senator Wagoner described it as relief for landowners dealing with costly mitigation, and the bill had 296 pro and 2 con sign-ins with no oral testimony. The committee also heard SB 6216, a DNR efficiency bill that would replace paper pamphlet and office-posting requirements for timber and land sales with website posting and other practical notice methods; DNR, the Washington Forest Protection Association, and the American Forest Resource Council supported it, and the bill had 60 pro and one con sign-in. Before hearing SB 6233, the committee voted by voice to waive the five-day notice rule. Staff said the bill would increase criminal wildlife penalty assessments for trafficking covered animal species from $2,000 to $4,000 for second-degree offenses and from $4,000 to $8,000 for first-degree offenses, with half of the revenue going to the University of Washington’s Center for Environmental Forensic Science. Senators raised questions about the scope of “trade,” legal harvest in other jurisdictions, and the center’s role. Professor Samuel Wasser testified remotely in support, describing the center’s wildlife forensic work and its use in combating illegal wildlife trade. The hearing closed with six pro and 62 con sign-ins, and the committee concluded its business for the day.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN-HHS, AEN DEFER Public Hearings 02-02-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • the community all together, can coordinate and talk and hear about concerns and share updates and make
  • </c><00:03:33.760><c> about</c> coordinate and talk sorry and hear about coordinate and talk sorry and
  • and and concerns and share um updates and and make<00:03:36.959><c> commitments</c><00:03:37.360><c>
  • and stuff, they're dealing with now eating that fish from whatever is burned off.
  • and stuff, they're dealing with now eating that fish from whatever is burned off.
Summary: The joint Senate Agriculture and Environment and Health and Human Services hearing opened with SB 2093, which would require the fuel tank advisory committee to meet at least quarterly and provide funding. The Department of Health offered written testimony, and multiple supporters, including the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Sierra Club, and a public member of the advisory committee, said more frequent meetings were needed to keep Red Hill cleanup, water testing, and public engagement front and center. Senators asked about public participation and whether the bill should also require meetings outside business hours; testifiers urged at least one evening or weekend meeting to improve access. No vote was taken during the discussion shown. The committee then heard SB 2095, creating a PFAS working group within the Department of Health to study PFAS and related chemicals and report to the Legislature. DOH supported the concept but requested amendments and funding, while the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity deferred to DOH. The Board of Water Supply supported the measure and asked to be included in the working group. Members asked about the bill’s reference to “other residuals,” and DOH explained it could refer to remaining PFAS components in soil, water, or other media. The discussion emphasized the widespread and long-lasting nature of PFAS contamination. Next, the committee considered SB 2046 on underground storage tanks and Red Hill-related cleanup. DOH and the Board of Water Supply testified, and a long list of community and environmental groups supported the bill. Testifiers argued the Navy caused the problem and should be held accountable for cleanup, while one witness said the bill was necessary because the Navy had delayed meaningful remediation. Senators asked whether the bill’s “large landowner” language could include the state or counties under existing statutes; DOH said it would check and later explained that cleanup responsibility generally falls first on the responsible party, then on large landowners if no responsible party exists, with the Navy currently understood to own Red Hill. The hearing then moved to SB 2096 on wastewater management, which the Department of Land and Natural Resources supported, noting PFAS can harm marine resources, and DOH’s wastewater branch offered comments. SB 2127 on water pollution drew support from Agra Business Development Corporation and opposition from the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and others. The main debate centered on runoff, NPDES permitting, and whether the bill could unfairly affect agricultural and public entities; senators and witnesses discussed how heavy rainfall, cesspools, and mixed land uses complicate responsibility and compliance. The transcript ends with the committee still in discussion on SB 2127, with no final votes or actions shown in the excerpt.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources, February 10, 2026

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And, um, electrical energy. We do have this thing exempting a video game console.
  • Did they come to your committee at blockchain about the electric toothbrushes and the video games?
  • Did they come to your committee at blockchain about the electric toothbrushes and the video games?
  • And so they they impact game consoles.
  • </c><00:36:27.760><c> And</c> play games. They'll buy more games. And play games.
Bills: SF0052, SF0024
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources, February 10, 2026

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, this is a Game and Fish Department project. It's a multiyear project.
  • Uh this is a game and fish department 3.
  • Uh this is a game and fish department project.<00:02:53.440><c> It's</c><00:02:53.680><c> a</c><00:02
  • </c><00:04:35.840><c> and</c><00:04:36.080><c> Fish,</c> Trout Unlimited, Game and Fish, Trout Unlimited
  • , Game and Fish, Conservation<00:04:37.199><c> District,</c><00:04:37.919><c> all</c><00:04:38.240><c
Bills: SF0052, SF0024
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bills 6154, 6242, and 6279.
  • For the remainder of the bills and staff, please provide three summaries on the bills and any proposed
  • This bill was heard on January 25th, and it removes the provision requiring any county and the cities
  • It removes provisions related to short plats and short subdivisions and transfers various duties and
  • And finally, the bill requires counties and cities to periodically review and, if necessary, revise street
Summary: The Senate Local Government Committee took executive action on several bills before cutoff. Earlier, the chair announced that Senate Bills 6181, 6154, and 6242 would be removed from the executive calendar. Staff then summarized bills including SB 6211 on real estate excise tax procedures for GMA-planning cities and counties; SB 6234 on sewage grinder pumps, with a proposed substitute narrowing the bill to single-family residences, adding public utility districts, clarifying conditions for installation, and assigning maintenance and repair responsibilities; SB 5633 on subdivision of land, with a proposed substitute and a partial fiscal note showing costs to the Department of Commerce; SB 6291 on extending the time a non-certified individual may inspect on-site wastewater systems under supervision; SB 6274 on street standards and frontage improvements, requiring infrastructure barriers be identified in housing analyses and standards be periodically reviewed; and SB 6309 on regional transit authority permitting and land acquisition, with a proposed substitute allowing earlier permit applications and modifying subdivision-law exemptions, along with a partial fiscal note for Commerce. In executive session, the committee adopted the proposed substitutes for SB 6234, SB 5633, and SB 6309, and passed SB 6211, SB 6234, SB 5633, SB 6291, SB 6274, and SB 6309 out of committee. SB 5633 and SB 6309 were referred to the Ways and Means Committee, while the others were sent to the Rules Committee. One member noted concerns about the fiscal note and public input on SB 5633 before the vote, but the substitute and bill still advanced. All final actions were reported as passed subject to signatures.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:36 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair and members of the committee.
  • We want to thank LFC and the LFC analysts for finding this necessary fix and spearheading it.
  • So I want to again thank Representative Small and the LFC staff for working on this technical fix and
  • We’ll go ahead and start with Natalie Green.” “Good evening, Chair and members of the committee.
  • and just a better assurance that... ...and health care programs, and just a better assurance that the
Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9