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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/17/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Another concern for us, though, is our meat and poultry inspection.
- Another concern for us, though, is our meat and poultry inspection.
- What that also does is helps save our poultry farms. It helps save our cats.
- What that also does is helps save our poultry farms. It helps save our cats.
- poultry those protein items are so poultry those protein items are so important<01:34:22.280>
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Feb 10th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We work to assure livestock and poultry health, mitigate disease, prevent production losses, maintain
- and adopted by 13 governor-appointed commissioners who represent all sectors of the livestock and poultry
- Commissioner, how's avian flu affecting our egg-laying population for our poultry industry in Texas?
- We've dodged the bullet on commercial flocks of poultry getting influenza, but you know it could happen
- They've decimated some poultry herds and other stock.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services May 31st, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- It would fit with you because you do have environmental inspectors in the meat and poultry side and also
- They would cross-train with us so they could do the meat and poultry inspection, as well as the food
- The only nexus would be the meat and poultry inspection that we already do, and that is in cooperation
- They would cross-train with us so they could do the meat and poultry inspection, as well as the food
- The only nexus would be the meat and poultry inspection that we already do, and that is in cooperation
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture REVISED: SB722 - Link added Apr 6th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- , since I'm just now looking at the language here, what is the difference between human waste and poultry
- Well, this technically doesn't have anything to do with human waste or poultry waste.
- This is just talking about a lawsuit, any lawsuit that is filed by the Attorney General regarding a poultry
- , not a poultry operation, but agricultural operations.
- It could be cattle, it could be poultry, it could be sheep, it could be whatever is involved with agriculture
Keywords:
water infrastructure, wastewater, investment program, loans, local government, SB1509, groundwater, water wells, well spacing, water rights, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, OWRB, basin, subbasin, maximum annual yield, aquifer management, water allocation, water permits, temporary permits, irrigation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Catherine Plummer, a preservation breeder of exhibition poultry, and I oppose AB 928.
- Hello, Becky Colano, a member of the American Poultry Association, American Bannam Association, preservation
- My name is Stacey Lane with the Humboldt Poultry Fanshairs Association and the American Poultry Association
- My name is Stacey Lane with the Humboldt Poultry Fanshears Association and the American Poultry Association
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 30, 2025, for a regular order hearing on a large slate of bills. After opening remarks and quorum, the committee approved a consent calendar in two motions: one for bills eligible for the Assembly floor consent calendar and another for unanimous bills not eligible for floor consent. The committee also deemed the suspense calendar approved without further discussion.
Several housing and shelter-related bills were presented. AB 1061 by Quirk-Silva would allow SB 9 duplex and lot-split provisions to apply in historic districts, with limits to protect individually listed historic sites and maintain street-facing appearances; California YIMBY supported the measure. AB 750 by Quirk-Silva would strengthen oversight of homeless shelters by requiring posted resident-rights information, standardized reporting, and penalties for noncompliance, including possible withholding of state funding. AB 712 by another member would increase penalties for public agencies that violate state housing law and bar indemnification demands against applicants when agencies break those laws; it was described as part of a fast-track housing package.
The committee then took public comment, dominated by extensive opposition to AB 928. Dozens of individuals, many identifying with poultry, feed, gamefowl, agricultural, or related organizations, testified against the bill, saying it would harm their livelihoods, culture, religious practices, or constitutional rights and could kill birds. A few speakers also testified on other bills, including support for AB 1337 and AB 804 and opposition to AB 1337. After public comment concluded, the meeting adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That's just one example in the poultry world.
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for Uh Pure Prairie Poultry filed for Uh Pure Prairie Poultry filed - That's just one example in the poultry That's just one example in the poultry world.<00:03:45.640
- I'm sure they didn't poultry example.
- You knowledge in the poultry industry.
Keywords:
financial assurance, feedlot permits, manure storage, environmental compliance, agriculture regulation, abandoned infrastructure, pollution control, environmental impact, animal feedlot, livestock, regulations, Minnesota Rules
Summary:
The committee approved the March 26, 2026 minutes and then heard House File 4740, authored by Rep. Hansen, which would require feedlots with at least 1,000 animal units to provide financial assurance for closure costs. Hansen argued the bill would shift cleanup responsibility from taxpayers to owners, citing abandoned feedlots, changing ownership structures, and the 2024 Pure Prairie Poultry bankruptcy as examples of why public funds should not be used for closures and cleanup. He also said the bill would apply to new or renewed permits and suggested a statutory definition of abandoned feedlot storage units may be needed.
Farm and livestock groups testified in opposition. Minnesota Farmers Union, Minnesota Milk Producers Association, Minnesota Pork Producers Association, and Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation said existing MPCA and county permit rules already require closure planning and reporting, and that the bill would add unnecessary costs and barriers for family farms, beginning farmers, and expansion. They warned the financial assurance requirement could function like an animal-unit cap, encourage fragmentation or out-of-state relocation, and impose annual costs that would not improve environmental outcomes. Several testified that true abandonment is rare and that current permitting and closure processes already address it.
MPCA staff said the agency has concerns with the bill, noted there is currently no formal fiscal note, and said the agency would need to ensure any appropriations cover ongoing staffing needs. MPCA officials explained that permitted feedlots already must notify the agency before closure, follow a checklist of closure requirements, and undergo follow-up inspection; they said abandonment notifications are uncommon and they are not aware of any currently permitted facilities in abandonment process. Members questioned whether the bill was needed, what form financial assurance would take, how other states handle similar requirements, and whether the proposal would unfairly burden smaller or family operations. No vote on HF 4740 was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, if sprinklers are deployed in the event of a fire, for example, in a poke or poultry, a
- poultry facility.
- They live in the Nacogdoches County, uh, and his family is heavily involved in the, the poultry, uh,
- We show you registered as JC Essler on behalf of the Texas Poultry Federation, and you'll be testifying
- I'm with the Texas Poultry Federation, and we are in favor of 3630.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill requires truth in labeling for milk, meat, poultry, and eggs, while also protecting consumers
- I believe that is not directly telling consumers that this is a dairy, poultry, etc. product.
- So I... that is not directly telling consumers that this is a dairy, poultry, etc. product, vegan is
- Nancy Stewart, Florida Poultry Federation... ...waving in support.
- Nancy Stewart, Florida Poultry Federation, waving in support.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Agriculture met and considered four bills. SB 178, by Senator Rouson, created an agronomic study to be conducted by Florida A&M University, subject to appropriation, to identify viable crops or products for land taken out of production by disease or weather and to assess environmental and economic impacts; it passed unanimously and was reported favorably. SB 980, by Senator Bernard, created a one-year Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program within FDACS to help postsecondary institutions address student hunger through task forces, SNAP assistance, food pantries, and related measures; DACS support was noted, one student government representative appeared in support, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 786, by Chair Truenow, prohibited assignment of assessments on agricultural improvements for agricultural purposes on lands classified as agriculture; it also passed unanimously and was reported favorably.
The committee then took up SB 700, the FDACS “farm bill,” via a strike-all amendment. The amendment included a broad package of technical and substantive changes, including restrictions on additives to public water systems, limits on ESG considerations in agricultural lending, criminal penalties related to drone harassment, updates to disaster loan programs, truth-in-labeling provisions, charity registration changes, on-farm worker housing provisions, and support for FFA and 4-H dues. A major point of discussion was the provision preempting local governments from deciding whether to fluoridate water; supporters argued for statewide consistency and consumer choice, while opponents, including the Florida Dental Association and local officials, warned it would remove local control and harm public health, especially for low-income residents. Other speakers addressed concealed carry due process concerns, landowner rights, and labeling issues. The strike-all was adopted, and CS/SB 700 was reported favorably, with some senators noting they would continue working on concerns before later stops.
At the end of the meeting, Senator Burton asked to be recorded as voting yes on SB 178, SB 980, and SB 786, and the committee agreed. The chair also welcomed Warner University agriculture policy students visiting the Capitol, and the meeting adjourned without objection.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 4th, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- dairy, genetics, hay storage, herb health, livestock equipment, livestock solutions, agriculture, poultry
- dairy, genetics, hay storage, herb health, livestock equipment, livestock solutions, agriculture, poultry
- dairy, genetics, hay storage, herb health, livestock equipment, livestock solutions, agriculture, poultry
- dairy, genetics, hay storage, herb health, livestock equipment, livestock solutions, agriculture, poultry
- , all these sectors agriculture, poultry, all these sectors will<00:09:41.600>
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Keywords:
Monroe County, sheriff, sheriff compensation, county salary, expense allowance, local act, county general fund, retirement contributions, law enforcement pay, public official salary, county budget, Alabama local legislation, service contracts, consumer protection, advertising disclosure, insurance, contract cancellation, parole procedures, advocacy, parole board
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/18/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and you can see we've had detections in poultry uh detections in wildlife and poultry continue.
- in detections in poultry uh detections in wildlife<00:26:42.880>
and <00:26:43.120>poultry - We work wildlife and poultry continue.
- , uh, our poultry farmers on biocurity<00:28:13.200>
measures. - meat and poultry processing, etc., etc. meat and poultry processing, etc., etc.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If sprinklers are deployed in the event of a fire, for example, in a pork or poultry facility, there
- They live in Nacogdoches County, and his family is heavily involved in the poultry business. ...production
- business, and yes, this would be a mandate that would affect all of your family's poultry houses.
- Esler on behalf of the Texas Poultry Federation, and you'll be testifying for the bill, is that correct
- I'm with the Texas Poultry Federation, and we are in favor of House Bill 3630.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 52 (3-24-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, we are allowing farm-based poultry processors that are exempt from certain USDA requirements to
- sell processed poultry to consumers at farmers' markets.
- >> we are allowing farm-based poultry >> we are allowing farm-based poultry processors
- poultry poultry to<00:09:41.320>
consumers <00:09:42.080>at <00:09:42.240>farmers'< - , situations affecting livestock, poultry, situations affecting livestock, poultry, or<00:14:47.000
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 210; 20 January, 2026: 8:45 AM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
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locations. - John, you mentioned the poultry exports.
- There's the big, we call it the chicken show, but it's poultry protein and frozen products.
Summary:
The committee heard an update from the Mississippi State Port Authority at the Port of Gulfport on operations, finances, and recent developments. The port emphasized that it is an enterprise agency that does not seek state general fund support, and reported a regional economic impact of $3.8 billion, about $62 million in state and local taxes, and thousands of direct and indirect jobs. The witness highlighted growth in refrigerated cargo, especially efforts to bring more Mississippi poultry through Gulfport, along with continued container traffic and intermodal work.
Several major investments and new business lines were discussed. Ports America is required under its lease to invest $43 million, and the port recently received a fourth crane, a $20 million investment that allows two vessels to be worked simultaneously. The port also announced American Cruise Lines stops in Gulfport, which is expected to bring high-end cruise passengers spending time and money locally. Additional updates included growth in technology and blue economy activity at the Roger F. Wicker Center, NOAA’s autonomous vessel operations center, Oceanero’s workforce expansion, and military moves that generated about 70,000 man-hours of local labor.
Committee members asked about the FY27 budget, travel, and capital outlay requests. The port said the travel increase was for flexibility and that it spends conservatively, and explained that the larger capital figures reflect a strategic plan and potential private-sector and grant-funded projects rather than expected annual spending. The FY27 request was described as a slight decrease from the prior year, with the main salary increase tied to PERS and health insurance costs, and no special appropriations language was requested. Members also discussed the effort to regain chicken exports through Gulfport, including plans for a future freezer warehouse and the impact of the Kansas City Southern railroad merger, which the port said has had some hiccups but may help in the long run.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/26/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Then we’re going to hear a presentation from our friends for Poultry Day on the Hill, and then you’re
- those, 136 were verified wolf kills or injured animals, and of that, 28 were actually livestock and poultry
- assistance related to livestock poultry assistance related to livestock poultry pet<00:03:40.239
- livestock and poultry calaf depredations continue<00:04:03.760>
to <00:04:03.959>be <00 - eggs um it is inclusive of all poultry eggs um it is inclusive of all poultry and<00:31:06.639><
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 01/21/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- They are very engaged with over 2,000 farm workers potentially exposed to avian influenza on poultry
- They are very engaged with over 2,000 farm workers potentially exposed to avian influenza on poultry
- Twenty-three human cases have been associated with known positive poultry farms.
- associated with known positive poultry associated with known positive poultry Farms<01:05:58.359
- health tribal Health Dairy and poultry health tribal Health Dairy and poultry Industries<01:08:48.679
Summary:
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee convened for its first meeting of the 2025 session, with Chair Melissa Wiklund outlining the new co-chair arrangement, rotating gavel, committee size of 12, and the seven-vote threshold needed to move bills and motions. Members and staff introduced themselves, including several new senators, committee administrators, counsel, fiscal staff, researchers, and new pages. The committee then began its agenda with an overview of the Minnesota Department of Health from Deputy Commissioner Wendy Underwood.
Underwood described MDH’s mission and structure, emphasizing public health’s focus on prevention, population health, and the social and economic factors that drive health outcomes. She highlighted the state’s health disparities, the department’s five bureaus, and major work areas including infectious disease response, newborn screening, environmental health, chronic disease prevention, health regulation, health equity, and operations. She also discussed the Center for Health Care Affordability, saying the department has been meeting with stakeholders and has hired a director to begin work on advisory bodies and community engagement around rising health care costs.
Members asked questions about physician shortages, burnout, administrative burden, and health care bureaucracy. Senator Grunhagen argued that excessive paperwork and micromanagement are worsening access and workforce shortages, while Senator Abeler asked for data on whether past disparity programs have been effective and whether some efforts should be consolidated. Underwood said MDH has rural health programs, workforce supports such as loan forgiveness, and research on administrative costs and low-value services, and she noted the department has published legislative reports with more data to come. The chair then moved the committee to a broader discussion of public health system development in Minnesota, introducing City of Bloomington officials to present on a recent report.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- contains funding for important work that the Department of Labor and Industry does to protect meat and poultry
- contains funding for important work that the Department of Labor and Industry does to protect meat and poultry
- first is it comes from Senate File 4744, um Senator McEwen's bill for Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry
- Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing<00:04:57.760>
Worker - While the appropriation for an FTE to support the work under the Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Minnesota House passes agriculture finance bill, HF2446 4/24/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, over the next biennium, this bill provides $1.7 million for additional meat and poultry
- Additionally, over the next biennium, this bill provides $1.7 million for additional meat and poultry
- Additionally, over the next biennium, this bill provides $1.7 million for additional meat and poultry
- Additionally, over the next biennium, this bill provides $1.7 million for additional meat and poultry
- Increasing protections for workers in poultry and meatpacking facilities.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight committee (10-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Those historically have been our poultry processors and integrators working in the state.
- Those historically have been our poultry processors and integrators working in the state.
- integrators or three or three poultry integrators or three or three poultry companies.<00:13:20.720
- processors integrators working poultry processors integrators working in<00:13:39.440>
the <00 - uh poultry operations is is important. uh poultry operations is is important.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:09
Approval of Minutes 00:00:48
KOAP Report 00:01:09
Update from CHFS 00:20:27, 958, all
Summary:
The meeting opened with a quorum, approval of the September 18, 2025 minutes, and a staff update on recent tobacco settlement-funded agriculture activities. The agriculture side highlighted Commissioner Shell’s outreach, including school visits, farm visits, and speaking engagements in Kentucky and a trip to Tennessee to discuss program models. A representative also described a national conference in Iowa, where Kentucky’s agriculture finance program was praised as a $180 million loan program built with tobacco settlement funds. The board noted September approvals totaling $950,000 for the agriculture development board and $3.3 million for the finance corporation, along with staff activity such as site visits, program closures, and project reports. The board also announced that the KKMP report covering 2015-2022 would be distributed and that the annual report, marking the program’s 25th anniversary, was being prepared.
The board then reviewed two featured projects. The Organic Association of Kentucky requested $425,000 for organic producer support, but the board approved only one year of funding at $29,000, with members noting concern about recurring applicants and the need to evaluate long-term funding. The second project, by Joseph Dale Bentley in Lewis County, sought $51,300 to expand a small ruminant facility for goat production and export. Members were particularly interested because the project was already operating and creating market opportunities for Kentucky goat producers; the board approved half the project cost to help expand infrastructure and potentially allow quarantining on site.
The cabinet then presented its annual update on tobacco settlement fund use in public health. Julie Brooks, Sarah Johnson, and Andrea Day reported on the HANS home visitation program, tobacco prevention and cessation efforts, lung cancer screening, and early childhood oral health. HANS served more families in FY25, rising from 6,293 to 6,715, and increased services from 139,943 to over 143,000. Tobacco prevention and cessation programs continued to support Quit Now Kentucky and My Life, My Quit, though officials noted federal uncertainty and the loss of federal tobacco control infrastructure. They also reported a slight decline in student outreach and cessation requests, but continued demand from schools and communities for vaping and nicotine prevention support. Lung cancer screening expanded to 55 screens, with Kentucky cited as a model for other states due to improved incidence, survival, and early detection rates. Early oral health efforts continued through local health departments, with more trainings for public health nurses, continued varnish kits, and expanded support for dental graduates and hygiene teams.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans Broadband and Rural Development - 03/12/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- business, our poultry industry.
- business, our poultry industry.
- can to bolster the health of our poultry can to bolster the health of our poultry business<00:41
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grant business our poultry industry this grant business our poultry industry - modernization expansion of meat poultry modernization expansion of meat poultry egg<00:52:09.880
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- handling of the bird flu outbreak we had last spring in eastern New Mexico in our dairy herds and poultry
- Poultry, hog farms, cattle farms, and so forth.
- a right to know, and this bill would preclude information if there's an outbreak among cattle or poultry
- Be poultry or swine.
- I don't go by; I make a purposeful effort not to buy that poultry. And there's an economic impact.