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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Stormwater and wastewater systems are core to public infrastructure.
  • </c><00:31:54.559><c> They</c><00:31:54.799><c> provide</c> public infrastructure.
  • They provide public infrastructure.
  • ,</c> public health, prevent flooding, public health, prevent flooding, safeguard<00:31:57.919><c> drinking
  • Here we're standing up a brand-new public water system.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any public &gt;&gt; All right. Public testimony.
  • </c> forth uh as a duty of the county clerk. forth uh as a duty of the county clerk.
  • Any further public testimony? >> All right. With that, we'll close public testimony.
  • Any further public testimony? >> All right. With that, we'll close public testimony.
  • Any further public testimony? >> All right. With that, we'll close public testimony.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Feb 9th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'll turn the care duties over to the vice chair, West. I will present 3405. Thank you, Mr.
  • Maybe we treat them like public lands.
  • We're supposed to keep our public lands private and public as clean as possible. OK, thank you.
Bills: HB2975 , HB3405 , HB3406 , HB3728 , HB3902 , HB3977
Committee: House Agriculture
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Feb 9th, 2026

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'll turn the chair duties over to vote. HB 3405.
  • I'll turn the chair duties over to Vice Chair West. I will present HB 3405. Thank you, Mr.
  • And they're a state agency, maybe we treat them like public lands.
  • We're supposed to keep our public lands, private and public, as clean as possible. Okay, thank you.
Bills: HB2975 , HB3405 , HB3406 , HB3728 , HB3902 , HB3977
Committee: House Agriculture
Summary: The Agriculture Committee met and first took up HB 2975 by Representative Hardin. Hardin offered and the committee adopted an amendment deleting a section requested by the Secretary of Agriculture. The bill, as explained, clarifies poultry nutrient management rules so growers do not have to file a new plan if their operation has not changed, and it also allows a grower to both spread litter and haul some away. Members asked about six-year plan cycles and a 10-ton threshold for litter handling; Department of Agriculture counsel Tina Gunter explained that under 10 tons is essentially unregulated and that the 10-ton cutoff has been in the law since 1998. The committee then passed the bill by voice vote. The committee next considered HB 3405 and HB 3406, both presented by Representative Patzkowsky with PCS versions adopted as working drafts. HB 3405 adds poison hemlock and kudzu to the noxious weed list, removes a $1,000 fine, and clarifies responsibilities for eradication and rulemaking involving the Department of Transportation and the State Board of Agriculture; it passed 7-0. HB 3406 revises burn-ban statutes, including shortening the waiting period to eight days and updating criteria tied to drought monitoring and federal weather information; after questions about the role of the governor, county commissioners, and the U.S. Drought Monitor, the bill was laid over. Representative Pfeiffer presented HB 3728, described as a work in progress that would move scrap dealer licensing from the Department of Agriculture to DEQ. He said the current program is underfunded, enforcement is weak, and the agencies and scrap dealers are still discussing licensing fees and administration costs. Members raised concerns about whether higher fees could discourage licensing and about enforcement against copper theft. The committee passed the bill 6-0. HB 3902 was laid over without hearing. Finally, Representative Caldwell presented HB 3977, which would require the next state veterinarian or agriculture department appointee to have clinician experience with food-production animals. Caldwell said the goal is to ensure the position is filled by someone with practical veterinary experience and an understanding of Oklahoma agriculture. After brief supportive discussion, the committee passed the bill, and the meeting adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Fri Jan 30, 2026 @ 11:00 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Convening our hearing on the Committee on Public Safety.
  • Welcome to our very first committee hearing for the Committee on Public Safety.
  • So thank you for joining us at our first public safety committee hearing.
  • </c> this and the public education component. this and the public education component.
  • ><c> that</c><00:33:48.000><c> strengthens</c> public safety tool that strengthens public safety tool
Bills: HB1751 , HB1752 , HB1531 , HB1577
Committee: House Public Safety
Summary: The Committee on Public Safety held its first hearing and began with House Bill 1531, which would require the governor or county mayor to provide an ASL interpreter during official emergency announcements broadcast on television or the internet, ensure the interpreter is visible, and require news outlets to show the interpreter in a picture-in-picture window. Testimony was strongly supportive from disability advocates, who said live captions can be inaccurate and that ASL access is critical during emergencies, but broadcasters raised practical concerns that the bill as drafted could require extra camera crews and reduce coverage. Members discussed possible alternatives such as government-provided pool feeds and interpreter placement, and the chair recommended deferring decision-making on the bill to the following Wednesday to allow time for amendment language. The committee then heard House Bill 1751, which would expand the Hawaii National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program to include graduate degrees at the University of Hawaii for qualified enlisted personnel. The Hawaii Army National Guard, the Department of Defense, and University of Hawaii representatives supported the measure as a recruiting, retention, and professionalization tool. A member asked about funding, and the response was that the program is funded through a state appropriation currently set at $250,000 and was described as sufficient at present. The bill drew no opposition in the hearing. Next, House Bill 1752 was taken up. This measure would remove the Adjutant General as a nonvoting ex officio member of the HAIMA advisory committee and add the HAIMA administrator as a nonvoting ex officio member of the MSAC. The Department of Defense and Department of Health supported the bill, with the Department of Health asking that it be aligned with other EMS modernization provisions in the governor’s package so the related measures remain consistent. No objections were raised. The committee also heard House Bill 1577 on 911 services, which would require the 911 Board to establish a statewide emergency safety profile system for residents to voluntarily store emergency-relevant personal information. The Department of Health, disability advocates, the 911 Board, and others supported the concept, saying it could improve emergency response for people with disabilities, kūpuna, families, and others with functional needs. Testimony also raised concerns about funding, system integration, confidentiality, advanced directives, and liability protections if information does not reach responders in time. Members discussed statewide coordination and existing county systems, and the hearing continued with those issues unresolved.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Civil Rights & Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm going to go back and start with public hearings since we're kind of trickling in this morning.
  • A cemetery may be private or public.
  • Thank you so much for your testimony, and we'll go straight into public testimony.
  • Thank you so much for your testimony and we'll go straight into public testimony.
  • We wanted to see what the public wanted. And so that's what we did.
Bills: HB2239 , HB2304 , HB2095 , HB2248
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Joint Appropriations Jan 21st, 2026 at 12:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We factored in the non-publics that do participate, but not the non-publics.
  • district, public school, or public charter school shall provide one breakfast and one lunch each day
  • And no matter whether you're a family in a public school or non-public school, meals are a burden, the
  • Children in non-public schools.
  • It will make it less— it'll make it harder for the public and less transparent for the public, but can
Bills: HB1623
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1624, the “Universal Lunch Bill,” from Rep. Mike Nathie. He argued the proposal should be placed in Century Code rather than the Constitution so future legislatures can adjust it if state finances tighten, and said the bill would start the program a year earlier with a $65 million appropriation for one school year. DPI testified that the estimate did not include nonpublic schools that do not participate, and members questioned the impact on Title I, free-and-reduced applications, private-school accountability, breakfast mandates for schools that do not currently serve breakfast, and whether the funding could come from the DPI budget or other sources. Supporters, including North Dakota United, the North Dakota Catholic Conference, a pediatrician, and the American Heart Association, said universal meals improve student health and learning, reduce family costs, and are better handled in statute than by constitutional amendment. No opposition testimony was offered, and the chair closed the hearing for later work-session action. The committee then took up House Bill 1627, introduced by Rep. Tye Dressler, which would raise the income threshold for the state-funded school lunch program from 225% to 300% of poverty, with an estimated cost of about $7 million for 2026-27. Dressler said the bill is intended as a targeted, budget-friendly alternative to the ballot measure and emphasized that the state should maximize federal meal dollars while improving participation in the current program. Members questioned whether raising the threshold would actually increase utilization, whether a dollar amount would be clearer than a percentage, and how the change would affect federal reimbursements and application rates. DPI said it could quickly calculate additional percentage levels, and the chair closed the hearing, directing DPI to prepare more numbers for the work session. Finally, the committee opened Senate Bill 2403, presented by Sen. Schiable, to create a short-term bridge-loan program for financially distressed hospitals, centered on Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin. The bill would authorize up to $5 million per loan, with a $10 million appropriation available on a first-come, first-served basis, and would run only through June 30, 2027. Schiable said the hospital’s debt and operating problems threaten local health care, ambulance service, and the community’s economy, and that the proposal was designed narrowly with Bank of North Dakota review to avoid creating a broad precedent. Committee members asked whether the appropriation could be reduced and whether the bank would still apply commercial feasibility and repayment standards; Schiable said yes, the bank would still evaluate the loan and could reject it if it was not sound.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Joint Appropriations Jan 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, committee members, for being here as well and members of the public.
  • As you all know, local public health are the boots on the ground.
  • And that is what local public health does really well. Any question?
  • But from a public health perspective, are these programs, Themselves.
  • physicians and our public health people and come up with the approach to this.
Bills: HB1623
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1623, the appropriations bill tied to North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program, which is funded through a new federal rural health care grant. Senator Bekkedahl explained the bill’s background, the interim committee process that developed it, and the federal conditions attached to the award, including spending deadlines, administrative cost limits, and restrictions on uses such as new construction, supplanting existing funding, and certain other costs. Legislative staff then walked through the seven sections of the bill, including appropriation authority, transfer authority, contingent appropriations for pass-through grants, procurement and public improvement exemptions, recipient reporting, legislative reporting, and immediate effective date. Commissioner Traynor and HHS staff described how the department plans to implement the program, emphasizing that the funding is intended to improve rural access, workforce recruitment and retention, technology and data connectivity, and community health initiatives. They said the department will rely on local applications, technical assistance, templates, listening sessions, and partnerships with providers, schools, public health units, tribal entities, and other community groups. Members asked about reimbursement timing, upfront costs, administrative expenses, sustainability after the five-year grant period, and whether CTE centers, public health units, gyms, grocery stores, and other community partners could participate; the department said yes, within program rules and with a focus on measurable outcomes and sustainability. Several supporters testified in favor. Mental Health America of North Dakota and the Mental Health Advocacy Network supported the bill and urged investment in community-based mental health, crisis response, children’s services, peer support, and mobile crisis teams. HIA Health described the grant as a chance to expand home-based and hospice care, noting that rural providers already have workable models but need funding to scale them. A cybersecurity representative also supported the bill, warning that the large amount of health data and AI-related tools will require strong data protection and professional support. The hearing was closed with no opposition testimony, and the committee announced it would return later in the day for further work on the bill and other measures.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've got a couple of public hearings and then some possible executive action after that.
  • We have public hearings today, and folks wish to testify, so...
  • We have public hearings today, and folks wish to testify, so all testifiers will be called upon to testify
  • And with that, we're going to close the public hearing on House Bill 2337, and we're going to open up
  • the public hearing on House Bill 2311.
Bills: HB2337 , HB2311 , HB2088 , HB2148 , HB2132
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 23 deals with duty of care.
  • And then fiduciary duty, with duty of care, fiduciary duty raises the standard of care.
  • And then fiduciary duty with duty of care, fiduciary duty raises the standard of care.
  • How does this apply to public utilities? Public utilities? We did contact folks at the IBEW to ask.
  • I will now open up for public comment.
Bills: AB93 , AB204 , AB414 , AB504 , AB598
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 19th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
  • Page 9 public testimony is closed.
  • Public testimony is closed.
  • Chair opens public testimony on HB 1592.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with only four members initially present, so quorum was not established until later in the hearing. The committee heard several agriculture-, wildlife-, and food-labeling-related bills, including HB 3479 on expanding the Rio Grande vegetative management program beyond carrizo cane to other noxious vegetation, SB 823 on shrimp origin labeling and restrictions on misrepresenting imported shrimp as Texas or Gulf shrimp, HB 3088 on giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more flexibility to procure resale goods for park gift shops, HB 1275 on permits for non-bovine dairy farms in certain TB-affected areas, HB 519 on honey production and packaging rules, HB 609 on cleaning oyster cages in-bay with bay water only, HB 1592 on a voluntary AgriLife pest and disease alert system, HB 2842 on targeted urban deer depredation permits, and HB 4163 on limiting city requirements that agricultural operators maintain roadside rights-of-way. Testimony generally came from industry groups, agency resource witnesses, and affected producers, with most witnesses supporting the bills and several bills drawing questions about enforcement, labeling responsibility, and the scope of local authority. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 823, where Vice Chair Hancock and others questioned why wholesalers would be covered if they cannot relabel products. The bill author and restaurant association witness said the measure was intended to improve transparency and allow enforcement against intentional mislabeling, while preserving a good-faith defense and clarifying that the bill does not create a private cause of action. HB 519 also drew supportive testimony from beekeepers and a family farm, who argued that current rules treat honey extraction and bottling too much like food manufacturing and burden small operations. HB 609 was presented as a way to save time and resources for cultivated oyster mariculture by allowing cage cleaning in the bay without soaps or chemicals, and HB 1592 was described as a voluntary opt-in alert system for pests and diseases coordinated through AgriLife and other state agencies. HB 43 generated the most detailed policy debate. The bill would restructure and expand the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, update grant and loan programs, and create a pest and disease control depredation program. The committee substitute reduced some funding caps, changed references from predators to depredating animals, and made the financial provisions contingent on appropriations. Supporters from Texas Farm Bureau, cotton growers, grain and feed interests, and young farmers described severe drought, inflation, land loss, rising input costs, and shrinking infrastructure as major threats to agriculture, while one witness urged preserving priority for young farmers. After testimony, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported HB 43 favorably. The committee also voted HB 519, HB 609, HB 1275, HB 1592, HB 3088, HB 3479, HB 2842, and HB 4163 favorably, with several recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 823 was reported from committee on a 6-2 vote after adoption of the committee substitute. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would tentatively reconvene Friday morning and then recessed subject to the chair's call.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • With that, we're going to open up public testimony.
  • I'm a licensed public engineer.
  • public funding, such as local tax dollars and federal funds.
  • The Center for Public Policy Priorities.
  • We have some public testimony.
Bills: SB388 , SB455 , SB917 , SB925 , SB1006
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair opens up public testimony for Senate Bill 790.
  • I am opening up public testimony.
  • Public testimony is closed. Senator Sparks.
  • Hearing none, the public hearing is closed.
  • At this time, we'll open up public testimony.
Bills: SB480 , SB767 , SB790 , SB971 , SB1066
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Apr 15th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • General Wong has traveled across the southeast for various diplomatic and economic responsibilities and duties
  • long distorted the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 to obstruct Taiwan from sharing public
  • House Bill number 481 by Representative Shaw regarding contracts for public works is referred to the
  • Senate Bill number one relating to Senate Bill number one relating to public education.
Bills: SJR 39 , SB 22 , SB 30 , SB 33 , SB 34 , SB 37 , SB 75 , SB 209 , SB 310 , SB 505 , SB 552 , SB 618 , SB 626 , SB 636 , SB 732 , SB 747 , SB 762 , SB 769 , SB 819 , SB 825 , SB 870 , SB 926 , SB 964 , SB 1030 , SB 1080 , SB 1099 , SB 1124 , SB 1177 , SB 1208 , SB 1233 , SB 1314 , SB 1325 , SB 1333 , SB 1405 , SB 1455 , SB 1506 , SB 1524 , SB 1541 , SB 1577 , SB 1579 , SB 1596 , SB 1646 , SB 1667 , SB 1727 , SB 1750 , SB 1758 , SB 1760 , SB 1791 , SB 1804 , SB 1806 , SB 1869 , SB 1923 , SB 1927 , SB 1951 , SB 1960 , SB 1962 , SB 2023 , SB 2024 , SB 2056 , SB 2078 , SB 2122 , SB 2129 , SB 2180 , SB 2183 , SB 2185 , SB 2207 , SB 2252 , SB 2361 , SB 2365 , SB 2368 , SB 2405 , SB 2411 , SB 2420 , SB 2425 , SB 2569 , SB 2717 , SJR 36 , SJR 50 , SJR 39 , SJR 63 , SJR 68 , SCR 12 , SCR 39 , SCR 38 , SCR 37 , SCR 42 , SCR 29 , SB 762 , SB 1596 , SB 62 , SB 666 , SB 847 , SB 284 , SB 854 , SB 1073 , SB 810 , SB 1539 , SB 1505 , SB 583 , SB 957 , SB 1502 , SB 507 , SB 1026 , SB 1349 , SB 1433 , SB 1434 , SB 310 , SB 505 , SB 264 , SB 1364 , SB 1376 , SB 1585 , SB 1772 , SB 2016 , SB 1163 , SB 619 , SB 1122 , SB 1877 , SB 732 , SB 731 , SB 397 , SB 508 , SB 1333 , SB 1436 , SB 964 , SB 287 , SB 2143 , SB 261 , SB 1247 , SB 1882 , SB 618 , SB 393 , SB 2243 , SB 2226 , SB 1919 , SB 1791 , SB 22 , SB 651 , SB 1080 , SB 826 , SB 1079 , SB 1243 , SB 1504 , SB 1851 , SB 1879 , SB 2237 , SB 1257 , SB 2034 , SB 1522 , SB 1151 , SB 596 , SB 1191 , SB 226 , SB 570 , SB 870 , SB 991 , SB 60 , SB 1401 , SB 1728 , SB 586 , SB 529 , SB 217 , SB 209 , SB 1923 , SB 1839 , SB 387 , SB 1874 , SB 1872 , SB 1873 , SB 1921 , SB 1883 , SB 1620 , SB 1838 , SB 2024 , SB 2429 , SB 1999 , SB 511 , SB 2309 , SB 2166 , SB 510 , SB 33 , SB 2420 , SB 1860 , SB 1541 , SB 1314 , SB 1398 , SB 1869 , SB 1750 , SB 855 , SB 1233 , SB 2425 , SB 2037 , SB 1758 , SB 1759 , SB 2365 , SB 1924 , SB 1818 , SB 1405 , SB 1762 , SB 1968 , SB 1977 , SB 2077 , SB 2321 , SB 1662 , SB 1663 , SB 2124 , SB 2204 , SB 1855 , SB 863 , SB 37 , SB 819 , SB 2078 , SB 2252 , SB 1962 , SB 2253 , SB 825 , SB 1577 , SB 1184 , SB 2018 , SB 2206 , SB 1901 , SB 1030 , SB 2368 , SB 1963 , SB 1960 , SB 1643 , SB 1625 , SB 1299 , SB 841 , SB 668 , SB 584 , SB 231 , SB 2411 , SB 1085 , SB 2431 , SB 2231 , SB 1490 , SB 530 , SB 34 , SB 1261 , SB 552 , SB 1099 , SB 1646 , SB 2180 , SB 1804 , SB 1937 , SB 1936 , SB 2569 , SB 1372 , SB 1208 , SB 1124 , SB 1506 , SB 1806 , SB 1868 , SB 2361 , SB 2314 , SB 769 , SB 1409 , SB 2122 , SB 434 , SB 1214 , SB 1951 , SB 2183 , SB 2046 , SB 1667 , SB 1870 , SB 1727 , SB 2405 , SB 2127 , SB 1975 , SB 1760 , SB 1734 , SB 1335 , SB 2066 , SB 2129 , SB 2246 , SB 2439 , SB 1624 , SB 1244 , SB 1468 , SB 2717 , SB 1612 , SB 1262 , SB 604 , SB 2395 , SB 2185 , SB 1832 , SB 1745 , SB 1746 , SB 2207 , SB 2023 , SB 1784 , SB 1524 , SB 626 , SB 528 , SB 437 , SB 269 , SB 1137 , SB 968 , SB 636 , SB 747 , SB 1325 , SB 1789 , SB 1455 , SB 2056 , SB 75 , SB 1940 , SB 2052 , SB 1927 , SB 2010 , SB 1579 , SB 2068 , SB 3034 , SB 844 , SB 1920 , SB 1177 , SB 1558 , SB 1236 , SB 1044 , SB 926 , SB 884 , SB 463 , SB 331 , SB 227 , SB 240 , SB 517 , SB 1200 , SB 1410 , SB 1626 , SB 1845 , SB 1863 , SB 2216 , SB 2681 , SB 1717 , SB 2053 , SB 546 , SB 2141 , SB 2949 , SB 2323 , SB 2200 , SB 2332 , SB 2199 , SB 1642 , SB 1150 , SB 1757 , SB 2050 , SB 1138 , SB 2051 , SB 2626 , SB 2458 , SB 1864 , SB 30 , SB 2201 , SB 1862 , SB 1583 , SB 1583 , SB 1055 , SB 2660 , SB 1898 , SB 2662 , SB 2662 , SB 2161 , SB 2161 , SB 2964 , SB 2881 , SB 1065 , SB 1065 , SB 801 , SB 2743 , SB 2533 , SB 2533 , SB 1413 , SB 1413 , SB 1 , SB 34 , SB 310 , SB 819 , SB 1030 , SB 1124 , SB 1208 , SB 1233 , SB 1333 , SB 1405 , SB 1541 , SB 1750 , SB 1758 , SB 1869 , SB 2078 , SB 2365 , SB 2411 , SB 762 , SB 33 , SB 37 , SB 505 , SR 402 , SR 409 , SB 2695 , SB 2695