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AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/09/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Elected. 1656, Family Court. 1670, Municipality County. 1671, Gaming Racing. 1684, School Liability
  • I have concerns about the rights of landowners being violated and legislating what someone can and cannot
  • This frees everybody from liability.
  • Yes, this frees everybody from liability. Okay, so Mr. Chair, may we yield one more?
  • okay so Yes, this frees everybody from liability.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest introductions, and a memorial adoption of HCR 2064 honoring former legislator Barbara Leff, which was unanimously adopted and sent to the Senate. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Eladio Pereira, and numerous student and constituent guests in the gallery. After routine desk business and bill referrals, the House moved into Committee of the Whole to consider a long calendar of measures. Several bills were amended and advanced with do pass recommendations. HB 2170 was narrowed to restrict state purchases of certain electronic and information technology from China/Chinese-controlled entities and to address third-party resellers. HB 2375 dealt with middle housing in historic districts, with amendments limiting demolition of historic structures unless necessary for health and safety and preserving local discretion. HB 2380 focused on school district transparency and meeting location rules, requiring governing board materials online and keeping meetings within district boundaries, with debate over local control and comparisons to legislative caucus retreats. HB 2617, HB 2621, and HB 2671 also moved forward after amendments; HB 2621’s discussion centered on certificates of educational convenience and ensuring special education access for children in unorganized territory and DCS placements. The committee also advanced HB 2720 on anti-human trafficking and prostitution-related reforms, including sealed records for sex trafficking survivors and an anti-human trafficking grant fund; HB 2772, allowing a DNR designation on driver’s licenses, prompted extended questions about emergency care and liability; HB 2784, dealing with school district excess cash refunds, was amended to phase in implementation; HB 2902, affirming support for the Electoral College, drew the most ideological debate, with supporters citing constitutional structure and opponents arguing for a national popular vote; and HB 2950, concerning a tourism/hospitality district, saw a failed attempt to make participation voluntary. The House also considered HB 4025, a study bill on the feasibility of building an oil refinery in Arizona, which sparked extensive debate over fuel prices, refinery capacity, environmental impacts, and whether a study was necessary, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that measure.
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works Mar 11th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • We consult with and provide management recommendations to those landowners.
  • Landowners or 500 pieces of property, and each of those were to plant 40 acres of corn and flood it for
  • That's 500 duck clubs, landowners, state agencies. Today, I could not count them.
  • Do you think it's fair that that private landowner then can subsequently become a guide and just make
  • Do you think it's fair that that private landowner then can subsequently become a guide and just make
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on Wednesday, March 11, with a quorum present and heard several specialty license plate bills. HB 801 by Rep. Martinez would create a classic black specialty plate, with revenue directed to State Police high-speed pursuit training for local law enforcement. Members discussed the need for better pursuit training in light of fatal crashes, adopted a set of amendments and a technical change, and reported the bill favorably with amendments. The committee also advanced HB 891 by Rep. Landry, which creates wildlife conservation specialty plates and adjusts revenue distribution to support conservation groups such as Ducks Unlimited and Quail Forever, while also helping the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries conservation fund. Testimony from LDWF and the conservation groups emphasized habitat work, fundraising leverage, and conservation benefits. The bill drew extended questioning from Vice Chair Fontenot about Ducks Unlimited’s work, including its projects in Louisiana and other states and whether certain habitat practices affect duck migration; the committee then reported the bill with amendments. HB 587 by Rep. Dickerson would create a PANS/PANDAS specialty plate to raise awareness and return revenue to the general fund to help cover treatment costs. The bill was supported by a parent and child who described the disorder and the impact of insurance coverage for IVIG treatment; it was reported with amendments. HB 331 by Rep. Mack created a Louisiana GOP specialty plate and was reported with amendments after brief discussion. HB 629 by Rep. Lyons created a plate for the Crew of Athena and was also reported with amendments. HB 428 by Rep. Baham created an LSU baseball championship plate recognizing the 2023 and 2025 national title teams and was reported with amendments. Rep. Walters voluntarily deferred HB 129, HB 130, and HB 854, and the committee adjourned afterward.
MO
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Conservation and Natural Resources Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Conservation and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that money is that I'm spending, I do it without—listen, I have landowner tags.
  • some things that Representative Taylor mentioned, I think that, you know, just me thinking about landowner
  • We have 20-plus Quail Forever biologists that go out and assist private landowners.
  • And you have to go in and get buy-in from multiple sets of landowners.
  • And you have to go in and get buy-in from multiple sets of landowners.
Committee: House Conservation and Natural Resources
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 9th, 2026

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • You just need permission, written permission from the landowner or the lessee.
  • Whenever the landowner ...a headache in that county and in other counties that have CLO.
  • Whenever the landowner goes to the commissioners, the Board of Commissioners, to designate it as open
  • So the landowner that's doing the controlled burn, if they are not part of this fund, then doing the
  • Is there a way for the neighbors to force the landowner to join this in any way?
Bills: SB2108 , SB2121 , SB2171 , SB2061 , SB2112 , SB2138
Committee: Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
Summary: The committee laid over several bills at the start of the meeting, including SB 1550, SB 2173, and SB 2114, and announced a new rule prohibiting video recording on phones in the committee room. The committee then took up a series of agriculture-related measures, with most of the discussion focused on feral hog control, lab-grown meat, hunting regulations, local food policy, open-range cleanup, and prescribed burn liability coverage. SB 2108, as amended, was presented as a feral swine control bill. Supporters said it would reduce property damage, disease spread, and regulatory barriers for landowners and hunters, while opponents raised concerns about people who capture hogs for food and the impact on self-provisioning. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill 10-2. SB 2121, which would ban the sale of cell-cultured, lab-grown meat, drew debate over free-market choice versus protecting Oklahoma agriculture and food safety; it passed 9-3. SB 2171, which would extend the residency requirement for a lifetime fishing license from six months to one year and create a velvet buck season under controlled hunts, passed 12-1 after debate about trophy hunting, commercialization, and deer management. SB 2061 would create an Oklahoma Food Policy Council within the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry to coordinate local food networks and producer-to-consumer access. Testimony from the agency said some related work is already being done through its Market Development Division, but the council would formalize broader representation; the bill passed 12-1. SB 2112, as amended, cleaned up prior open-range language to include leased land and passed unanimously. SB 2138 would establish a prescribed burn indemnity fund to help cover damages from escaped prescribed burns; members discussed coverage levels, funding, and whether it primarily protects the burner or neighboring landowners. It also passed unanimously. The meeting ended with an announcement about a Marshallese group performing in the rotunda and then adjournment.
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Baldwin County Legislation Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Baldwin County Legislation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Landowners are supportive of this. This is at 64 and 181.
  • All of the landowners have... All of the landowners have been... is this. Which talking?
  • So, we've talked to all the landowners. All the landowners are supportive.
Bills: HB446 , HB485
Committee: House Baldwin County Legislation
Keywords: HB446, Daphne, Baldwin County, annexation, municipal boundary, corporate limits, local act, municipal incorporation, city limits expansion, zoning, land use, property tax, municipal services, Section 11-42-6, Judge of Probate, County Road 54 W, County Road 64, Rigsby Road, Highway 181, Alabama State Highway 181
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 11th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has some potential to create a future liability that's offset by the funds in the benefit account.
  • A lot of the systems, most of the systems, had frozen unfunded liabilities at one point.
  • Most of the systems had frozen unfunded liabilities at one point.
  • Non-recurring state money and state retirement system unfunded accrued liabilities? Baham.
  • Non-reoccurring state money and state retirement system unfunded crew liabilities? Baham. Um.
Bills: SB25 , SB250 , HB22 , HB27 , HB33 , HB47 , HB233 , HB290 , HB308 , HB324 , HB382 , HB533 , HB559 , HB575 , HB980 , HB1157 , HB1207 , HB1236 , HCR45
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: HB22, Act 279, Clerks of Court Retirement and Relief Fund, retirement system, pension, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, retirees, beneficiaries, survivors, funded ratio, actuarial valuation, Consumer Price Index, CPI-U, employer contributions, funding deposit account, unfunded accrued liability, public retirement, Louisiana retirement law, court clerks
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 26 Mar 17th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Government Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Government Oversight

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee substitute adds liability protection for the commissioner. of the Department of State Health
  • Yeah. talking about liability, you mentioned the vaccine injury program where you could somehow seek
  • liability, but what if there's immunity there?
  • So, again, it's back to the liability.
  • We also included liability protections for paramedics and medical directors who act in good faith and
Bills: HB3772 , HB1656 , HB4504 , HB1896 , HB4420 , HB4421 , HB4076 , HB3708 , HB2806 , HB3540 , HB1586 , HB5459 , HB4553 , HB4535 , HB3811 , HB3749 , HB4255 , HB4051 , HB5098 , HB3554 , HB4539 , HB5274
Committee: House Public Health
Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Most had no idea that manufacturers were shielded from liability.
  • Then we waived liability for Big Pharma, right, to produce the drugs. Now there is no liability.
  • No medical liability. That would be up to the family?
  • So this is where developing some of these safety protocols and having the liability—the co-liability
  • Some of their own liability in the process, you know.
Bills: HB3772 , HB1656 , HB4504 , HB1896 , HB4420 , HB4421 , HB4076 , HB3708 , HB2806 , HB3540 , HB1586 , HB5459 , HB4553 , HB4535 , HB3811 , HB3749 , HB4255 , HB4051 , HB5098 , HB3554 , HB4539 , HB5274
Committee: House Public Health
Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/2/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • The proposal clarifies appropriate application of law to employees and extends civil liability immunity
  • 00:54:28.960><c> and</c><00:54:29.280><c> extends</c><00:54:29.680><c> civil</c><00:54:30.000><c> liability
  • </c> to employees and extends civil liability to employees and extends civil liability immunity<00:54
Bills: HF2354 , HF1672 , HF2389 , HF2870 , HF2743 , HF1918 , HF2551 , HF1671
Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords: medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, hemp, marijuana registry, patient registry, visiting patient, Tribal cannabis, Tribal medical cannabis program, Tribal sovereignty, Office of Cannabis Management, designated caregiver, home cultivation, adult-use cannabis
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/1/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

NM
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Land Grant Jul 15th, 2025

House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Oftentimes, you have a landowner who buys a piece of property, he's an outsider, he comes in, and then
  • As I mentioned before, they just recently purchased it from the private landowner.
  • In terms of being able to work out a transaction such as this, Madam Chair, that landowner was a pain
  • The land that we are now talking about—these 163 acres—is two different private landowners.
  • But again, I can't necessarily go out and apply hazard mitigation funds to a specific landowner.
Committee: House House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Sep 2nd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • This pause does not affect existing permits. or traditional landowner use.
  • Most landowners grieve because to date, everybody can challenge a district.
  • Do we know if any landowner has standing to challenge the drilling permits?
  • McCarthy, do you believe that any landowners have standing in this?
  • So both sides, landowner rights and the wholesale...
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Hearing Senate Emergency Management Committee and Natural Resources and Water Committee May 13th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • mitigation funding has been spent by utilities on minimizing their risk, given their very unique liability
  • it, 12% of the fires actually involved utility-type infrastructure, and because of their strict liability
  • clauses, that's where their liability is happening.
  • developed a series of interagency strategies for things like prescribed fire, reforestation, and landowner
  • And the answer is, I think that's a great idea, except for the legal liability.
Summary: The joint Senate hearing focused on California wildfire resilience funding, the SB 254 report on natural catastrophe resilience, and how the state should better prioritize community hardening, recovery, and financing. Senators emphasized that catastrophic wildfires have driven major property losses, insurance cancellations, and affordability problems, and several members argued that prevention and home/community hardening should receive far more attention than they have to date. Members also raised concerns about CEQA and other permitting delays, the need for ongoing rather than one-time funding, and whether the state should rely more on the General Fund, utilities, or other sources such as polluter-pays approaches. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the state has appropriated about $4.7 billion for wildfire resilience since 2018-19, with most funding going to forest health, fuels reduction, and related landscape work, while only about $65 million has been specifically targeted to community hardening. LAO also noted that future one-time funding is likely to decline, that GGRF revenues may be limited under the new cap-and-invest structure, and that maintenance costs for treated areas could be substantial over time. Senators pressed LAO on why wildfire resilience is not more often funded through the General Fund and on whether current spending matches the scale of the risk. Cal Fire’s State Fire Marshal described the state’s community wildfire preparedness strategy, centered on home hardening, defensible space, and neighborhood-scale mitigation, and said the SB 254 report aligns with Cal Fire’s direction. He said California has roughly 4 million homes in the wildland-urban interface, most built before modern wildfire-resistant standards, and highlighted recent streamlining that approved 383 fuels-reduction projects in under 30 days during an emergency proclamation. Cal OES described the AB 38 pilot and FEMA hazard mitigation work, saying federal approval delays have been a major barrier and that the state has hardened 155 properties so far through the pilot, with many more in process. The Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force said the state has coordinated more than $6 billion in state and federal investments, treated over 700,000 acres annually, and is shifting toward more regional, data-driven planning and block grants. Task force staff and Cal Fire both said they are moving beyond simple acreage metrics toward models that estimate avoided loss and community risk reduction, but acknowledged major data gaps on parcel-level home hardening and defensible space. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational, with members discussing possible future legislation and budget changes, including home inspection reforms and continued CEQA streamlining.
MO
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Government Efficiency Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • If I’m an intervening landowner and I happen to butt up against the interstate or the highway, then I
  • If I'm an intervening landowner and I happen to butt up against the interstate or the highway, then I
  • And this would give those, not only the landowners, but the people, everybody involved, a little bit
  • So what cities rely on is that first part of landowners coming to the city and saying, 'We want municipal
  • So the landowner has to come into the city and go through the zoning process, the public hearing process
Committee: House Government Efficiency
MO
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Government Efficiency Feb 5th, 2026

Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • If I'm an intervening landowner and I happen to butt up against the interstate or the highway, then I
  • And this would give those, not only the landowners, but the people, everybody involved, a little bit
  • And this would give those, not only the landowners, but the people, everybody involved, a little bit
  • So what cities rely on is that first part of landowners coming to the city and saying, 'We want municipal
  • So the landowner has to come into the city and go through the zoning process, the public hearing process
Committee: House Government Efficiency
Summary: The Committee on Government Efficiency heard House Bill 2226, sponsored by Rep. Riggs, which would require fiscal notes to estimate the employee hours needed to implement new programs, in addition to costs. Riggs argued the bill would help lawmakers understand the real workload imposed by mandates, especially on schools and teachers, and said it was similar to language that previously passed committee. Several members supported the concept, citing burdens on educators and the need for better information, though some questioned the bill’s own fiscal note and suggested fiscal notes should be more accurate or grounded in facts. No vote was taken during the hearing, and the bill was opened to public testimony but no witnesses spoke for or against before the hearing closed. The committee then heard House Bill 2330, sponsored by Rep. West, an annexation bill. West said the bill would raise the contiguity requirement for annexation from 15% to 25%, bar cities from annexing adjacent unincorporated areas within 24 months of a prior annexation, and repeal a petition-based annexation procedure in certain counties. He argued the measure would slow aggressive annexation, protect rural landowners and county zoning, and reduce strain on roads, schools, water, sewer, and emergency services. Members generally agreed the bill addressed real concerns about strip annexation and overdevelopment, though some questioned whether the 25% threshold was too restrictive and whether the bill should distinguish between voluntary and involuntary annexation. A witness from St. Charles County testified in support, while an opposition witness said the bill reflected a misunderstanding of existing annexation law and noted current procedures already include voter protections and zoning review. The hearing concluded without a vote.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Feb 25th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hall, that would add a section to the Washington Wildlife Crossings Account that would require landowners
  • It is a pretty simple amendment: it requires landowners, farmers, and the community to be consulted before
  • Talking with some of the stakeholders, they're basically already talking to the landowners before they
  • do a construction project because some of those landowners are...
  • Representative Orcutt: Landowners, before they do a construction project, because some of those landowners
Bills: HB2306 , HB2711
Committee: House Transportation
Keywords: transportation budget, capital budget, operating budget, appropriations, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferry funding, state ferries, highway maintenance, road preservation, bridge replacement, tolling, express toll lanes, traffic safety, speed cameras, ignition interlock, transit grants, public transit