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• The goal is to remove invasives and restore native plants.
• The goal is to remove invasives and restore native plants.
• invasives and restore native plants. invasives and restore native plants.
• ,<00:26:34.080> hindering<00:26:34.720> effective practices, hindering effective practices
• um and how to and and pre best practices um and how to and and pre best practices um<00:32:45.279

Bills: HF3898, HF3957, HF4372, HF4350, HF3692, HF4085

Keywords: pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension

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• We expect those students to be 50% Native New Mexican Hispanics, 11% Native New Mexican Native Americans
• , and 62% rural Native New Mexicans.
• No Indians, no Chinese, no Japanese; local, native New Mexicans.
• Clinical practice, clinical care, and we are actually intentionally designing this program so that it
• There's actually a lot of interest in ensuring that practicing health care professionals can go back

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• establish standards and best practices establish standards and best practices concerning<00:02:47.400
• It is especially devastating to the native stations and to the stations in greater Minnesota.
• It is especially devastating to the native stations and to the stations in greater Minnesota.
• So, as a native Minnesotan, I'm laws.
• One issue that is qualitative, practice.

Bills: SF856, HF4482, HF3672, HF1234, HF4591, HF3554, HF936

Keywords: Inspector General, fraud prevention, state audit, public funds, misuse, transparency, government accountability, HF4482, Minnesota Historical Society, state historic sites, historic site management, historic preservation, county historical society, local historical society, municipality, county government, admission fees, grants-in-aid, site operations, site maintenance

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• a term that says normal farming practices.
• As a practice, it is a bad practice if we begin to say, okay, we're going to veto line item that initiative
• tried to limit all practices.
• And it was due to those poor practices; it was due to the native vegetation and grasslands being devastated
• by those practices, Madam Speaker, gentlelady.

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• confidentiality provisions in this bill are well intended but unfortunately they are unrealistic and practical
• They argued that, in practice, those discussions never happen.
• 2895 requires ADE to administer a grant program for schools to partner with Indian tribes to offer Native
• American language certificate. ...partner with Indian tribes to offer Native American courses.
• sure that studying Native American languages is rewarded by public schools.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2076, which would create a reimbursement program for school safety training and equipment, maintain an approved list of training programs meeting AZPOST standards, and allow eligible schools to adopt policies permitting certain employees to carry concealed firearms on campus if they complete approved training and meet notification/confidentiality requirements. The sponsor, Rep. Bliss, framed the bill as an optional, fiscally responsible medical-response measure meant to help school employees stop bleeding and save lives in emergencies, emphasizing that no school would be required to participate and that no new state appropriation was needed. Opponents, including Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, and the Arizona Education Association, argued the bill would normalize armed staff in classrooms, create confidentiality problems for parents and law enforcement, and expose students and staff to additional risk. They also said teachers are not trained as trauma responders and that the bill’s immunity and secrecy provisions could reduce accountability. Supporters, including Arizona Citizens Defense League and other proponents, said the bill adds guardrails to existing law, focuses mostly on first aid and de-escalation training, and gives schools an option to prepare staff for emergencies. After debate, the committee voted 6-5-1 to give HB 2076 a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 2830, which directs the State Board of Education to adopt science standards requiring instruction on fetal and prenatal development and specifies that the instruction is not sex education. Opponents, including the Arizona Education Association and Reproductive Freedom for All, said the bill politicizes science, creates fragmented instruction, and could lead to questions that inevitably touch on sex education while failing to address broader student health needs. Supporters, including Arizona Right to Life, a school board president, and a biology teacher, argued the bill is simply about age-appropriate, medically accurate science and parental transparency. The committee approved HB 2830 on an 8-4 vote.

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• First, seed banks and seed preservation efforts are crucial for safeguarding genetic material of native
• Extreme weather and natural disasters can be reborn by reintroducing native plant...
• Stewards of substantial practices who will solve the world's problems of food insecurity, loss in biodiversity
• Associated with adopting data-driven crop production practices in 2024, with continuing education supporting

Summary: The House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock met with a quorum present and heard testimony on House Bill 5085, which would create a report on the impacts of seed banks and seed preservation, especially as they relate to food access, biodiversity, disaster recovery, and education. Representative Gervin Hawkins presented the bill, citing examples such as the Bastrop wildfire and the role of seed banking in restoring ecosystems and supporting food security. No one testified against the bill, and the author closed after questions. The committee then voted to report HB 5085 favorably to the full House without amendment, with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion passed on a 6-3 vote. The committee also considered Senate Bill 1035, with a committee substitute adopted that made a minor wording change from "or" to "and." SB 1035, which creates a legal pathway for agricultural operators to challenge unlawful local regulations and recover court costs and attorneys' fees, was reported favorably on a 9-0 vote. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2155, which implements TDLR recommendations to modernize the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners by improving licensing, complaint resolution, and enforcement processes. The bill was reported favorably to the full House without amendment on a 9-0 vote. After disposing of these items, the committee adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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• First, seed banks and seed preservation efforts are crucial for safeguarding genetic material of native
• devastated by overpopulation, extreme weather, and natural disasters can be reborn by reintroducing native
• We can build young leaders and stewards of sustainable practices who will solve the world's problems
• economic. economically by the increase in net returns associated with adopting data-driven production practices

Bills: HB5085

Keywords: seed banks, food access, environment, biodiversity, agriculture policy, 1184, house, all

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• And then we also house the Honoring Native Life initiative. ...substance use treatment.
• And then we also house the Honoring Native Life initiative.
• They are offering a series of two- to six-hour workshops on best practices in treating substance use
• They are really high-quality workshops looking at some of the best, most innovative practices.
• So those are all funds that are, you know, specifically set for Native American allocation.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• And we also accepted two provisions from the Senate related to Native American mascots and Native American
• <00:13:39.440> American<00:13:39.839> mascots related to uh Native American mascots
• related to uh Native American mascots and<00:13:40.560> Native<00:13:40.880> American<
• and Native American drumming ceremonies at<00:13:42.959> graduation.
• <00:42:49.119> over practices over practices over politics.<00:42:51.520> One<00:42:51.839

Keywords: 1183, house

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• students native students native language.<00:03:05.200> Section<00:03:05.840> two<
• Section nine relates to data practices.
• It requires practices statute.
• relates to data um data practices or relates to data practices<00:10:41.760> that<00:10:42.000
• > modifies<00:10:42.399> a<00:10:42.560> cross practices that modifies a cross practices

Bills: HF1306

Keywords: education, school policy, teacher training, student health, emergency response, 1183, house

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• A proud East Valley native. And I also have the honor of our Senate royalty.
• He's also a member of the best practices, professional standards, and policy, and pro tem committees,
• We know that tamarisk, invasive salt cedar, is really hurting our native riparian habitats, and to actually
• It does take up a lot of water, but we need to also include native plants so that... ...also include
• native plants so that we don't, we have to address flooding, et cetera, that is already in the washes

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Arizona Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and numerous points of personal privilege recognizing guests, including Justice of the Peace Day participants, Donate Life Day attendees, State Farm representatives, educators, rural water advocates, and other visitors. The chamber also received a House message consenting to adjournment later in the week, and the Senate agreed to the House’s request to adjourn after completing its work on March 11 until March 16. Several announcements were made about upcoming events, including a nurse anesthetists’ reception, Golf Industry Day, National Civic Learning Week, and other advocacy gatherings. The Senate then considered and passed a series of bills, including SB 1602 on kinship foster care; SB 1621 creating an Obesity Treatment and Prevention Advisory Council; SB 1672 on AHCCCS step therapy and related health coverage issues; SB 1677 appropriating money for forestry and fire management; SB 1811 relating to public schools; SB 1001 appropriating money to the Department of Economic Security; SB 1072 and SB 1169 appropriating money to AHCCCS and its administration; SB 1531 on special plates; and SB 1776 amending AHCCCS statutes. Members offered explanations of vote on several measures, with support often tied to health care access, education, wildfire mitigation, and social services, while some no votes cited fiscal concerns. The chamber also passed SCR 1020, a proposed constitutional amendment to increase compensation for elective state officers, with floor debate emphasizing the need to recruit and retain qualified public servants. In Committee of the Whole, members amended and advanced SB 1170 on drug offenses, removing mandatory minimums and changing crime qualifications; SB 1488 establishing a study committee on coal-impacted communities, with an amendment changing appointment authority; SB 1641 on marijuana producer licensure, amended to remove DHS’s annual license-number determination; SB 1752 on mescaline-related drug offenses; and SB 1740 on turquoise alert statewide training. SB 1740 was later passed on third reading, and the Senate also confirmed gubernatorial nominees for Director of Tourism, the Game and Fish Commission, and the Livestock Loss Board. The session ended with committee announcements, first-reading referrals for numerous House bills, and adjournment until March 16.

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• During this time, there were bad actors that would pick up Native Americans, put them in vans, and take
• It still happens today, where there are bad actors that will solicit, particularly Native Americans who
• IJ has put together a model bill based on some best practices from across the country.
• Chairman, Senator Kavanaugh, our work on this is mostly looking at best practices nationwide.
• I don't know what the best practices are on that.

Bills: SB1072, SB1111, SB1114, SB1116, SB1122, SB1179, SB1250, SB1308, SB1455, SB1456, SB1457, SB1487, SB1547, SB1549, SB1551, SB1552

Keywords: reimbursement rates, intellectual disabilities, community services, economic security, funding appropriations, automated license plate readers, law enforcement, privacy, data access, public records, behavioral health, patient brokering, appropriation, state funds, Maricopa County, claims review, medical necessity, American Indian health program, healthcare regulations, healthcare

Summary: The committee first approved the February 3, 2026 minutes and reordered the agenda to accommodate sponsors and speakers. SB 1114, which would appropriate $1 million to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to investigate behavioral health patient brokering statewide, was presented as a response to Medicaid fraud and exploitation of vulnerable Native American patients. After brief questions about why Maricopa County would handle statewide oversight, the bill received a do pass recommendation on a 9-0 vote with one member not voting. The committee then took up SB 1111, as amended by a strike-everything amendment regulating automated license plate readers. The amendment limited use to specified law enforcement purposes, required verification of alerts when feasible, imposed data-retention and handling responsibilities on agencies, and created a misdemeanor penalty for unauthorized release of data. Supporters from Phoenix, Tempe, Prescott Valley, the Arizona Chiefs of Police, and the Arizona Sheriffs’ Association argued the bill provides needed statewide guardrails while preserving a valuable investigative tool for missing persons, stolen vehicles, and serious crimes. Opponents from the ACLU, Institute for Justice, and private citizens raised privacy and Fourth Amendment concerns, warning about dragnet surveillance, unclear terms like “legitimate” law enforcement purposes, lack of public access to records, and the risk of misuse for immigration or abortion-related tracking. The committee adopted the amendment and then gave SB 1111 as amended a do pass recommendation on a 7-2 vote, with one not voting. Next, SB 1116, as amended, was approved. The bill requires appeals or adverse determinations on behavioral health claims under AHCCCS fee-for-service to be reviewed by someone with relevant clinical experience, and the amendment broadened the requirement to include medical-necessity denials and specified at least two years of similar clinical experience. Senator Werner said the measure was intended to curb inappropriate denials and improve payment for behavioral health providers serving Native communities. Access was neutral but said the bill’s terms were too broad and could require additional staff; the committee nonetheless adopted the amendment and passed the bill 10-0. Finally, SB 1122, as amended, was approved 10-0. The bill bars AHCCCS from requiring prior authorization for behavioral health services under the American Indian Health Plan, while the amendment prohibited 100% prepayment review and adjusted the corrective-action language. Senator Werner and provider representatives said the measure was needed because providers were being delayed or denied payment, contributing to closures, workforce shortages, and patient brokering. The committee then began hearing SB 1072, a major appropriation to increase reimbursement rates for home- and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with testimony focused on severe caregiver shortages, overtime costs, and unassigned service authorizations.

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• House Bill 1417 includes several provisions to improve community supervision practices in North Dakota
• Indigent defense best practices: People have a constitutional right to a public defender when charged
• HB 1603 will help with the implementation and compliance of the Native American Graves Protection and
• Of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, otherwise known as NAGPRA.
• As many of you may know, NAGPRA was enacted in 1990 to ensure Native American human remains, funerary

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee met to review fiscal aspects of House Bills 1417 and 1425, both part of a broader criminal justice reentry package. HB 1417 would eliminate the $35 public defender application fee and end court-ordered reimbursement of indigent defense costs, while also removing the $55 monthly community supervision fee. Testimony from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and the Department of Corrections said the bill would replace lost revenue with general fund appropriations of about $310,000 for indigent defense and $1.5 million for supervision fees, and that the fees are rarely collected and can hinder reentry. Representative Clemene said the bill is intended to reduce barriers to successful community reintegration and improve data and supervision practices. HB 1425 would create and fund front-end diversion, deflection, and pretrial services programs. Supporters described it as allowing prosecutors and local jurisdictions to divert appropriate low-level offenders from prosecution, establish deflection programs for people with behavioral health needs, and expand pretrial services. The bill includes a pilot program in three counties, a $1 million appropriation to DOCR for one FTE and contracts with local providers, $750,000 to DHS for treatment services, and $55,000 for a study of pretrial services cost savings. Committee members asked several questions about how the pilot counties would be chosen, how the consultant study would be procured, and what services the DHS funds would cover. The committee also heard House Bill 1603, which would provide a $500,000 matching grant for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance, with $100,000 available to each of North Dakota’s five tribes if matched. Sponsor testimony said the funds would support a Historical Society NAGPRA compliance committee and help catalog and repatriate human remains and cultural items in coordination with tribes. After questions about the federal mandate and the difficulty of identifying artifacts, the committee voted 4-0 to give HB 1603 a do-pass recommendation, with Senator Meyer assigned to carry it forward.

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• Um, I also, uh, coming from the Bernalillo County area, represent, uh, over Approximately 70,000 Native
• Uh, coming from southern New Mexico, we don't have as much of a native influence down there anymore.
• the first things I'd like to mention is this is probably the most representation we have had of our Native
• So, I, I'm looking forward to seeing how we tackle some of the issues for our Native American population
• A lot of things are tied into sovereignty and relationships, but improving law enforcement practices,

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• There are practical burdens as well.
• I hear there is debate around the native status of flamingos, so I wanted to try to clarify some of that
• Let's begin with the ecological definition of what it means to be native.
• A native species is defined as one that occurs naturally in the area without human introduction, whether
• I am privileged to work on the bill as a non-native with a non-native to Florida along with the great

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• This is done at the request of FHP because it did not align with existing practices and we do not want
• academic and field settings, focused on expanding habitat networks and building capacity within the native
• the increase will be to support research in partnership with Ifas to help establish a more robust native
• wildflower seeds and bring down the cost of planning native wildflowers for everyone.
• But most importantly, this will allow the Department of Transportation to incorporate more native wild

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• HB 66’s explicit inclusion of the social work practice act is critical.
• Practices continue to struggle with recruitment and retention of providers.
• They are eligible if they are practicing or commit to begin practicing within 90 days of being awarded
• As all of you know, we're desperate to bring physicians into the state to practice.
• I am from NM Native Vote, and we are here to strongly urge you to vote on House Bill 80.

Bills: SB241, SB145, HB2

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• That's how I established my medical practice, how I move forward.
• I watched dental practice is not far from the USF main campus or 3 children are Tampa natives and had
• I move to Lee County in 1983 and established a medical practice and obstetrics and gynecology.
• And I practice that 24 years.
• I'm a native Floridian wrap here in south Florida.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And one of those is to be using climate-smart agricultural practices.
• So this helps them to implement new practices like healthy soils practices or improved irrigation, reduced
• agricultural practices.
• So you give them funding to implement the actual best practices.
• support schools to use particular practices, such as adopting healthy soil practices that sequester carbon

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee heard the administration’s spending plan for Proposition 4’s climate smart agriculture and biodiversity chapters, along with related trailer bill language. CDFA outlined proposed funding for existing programs such as SWEEP, Healthy Soils, Urban Agriculture, and invasive species work, plus new or phased-in programs including year-round and mobile farmers’ markets, tribal food sovereignty, and regional farm equipment sharing. The Department of Conservation described funding for the California Farmland Conservancy Program and Working Lands and Riparian Corridors Program, while the Department of Finance and LAO discussed pending allocations and generally found the overall approach reasonable, though LAO suggested the Legislature may want more statutory guidance and reporting, especially for new programs. Members focused on implementation details, equity, and accountability. Questions covered how programs would serve vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, whether new solicitations would be reopened for previously oversubscribed grants, how outcomes are tracked, and how to structure guidance for new programs such as farm equipment sharing. The chair emphasized that the Legislature wants clearer direction on program design and noted that AB 2313 should guide implementation of the regional farm equipment sharing allocation. The committee also discussed the administration’s request to directly appropriate bond funds to departments and to exempt bond program guidelines from the Administrative Procedures Act; LAO supported the APA exemption with possible legislative guardrails for public notice and comment. The committee then heard on the farm-to-school proposal, with CDFA requesting $24.9 million General Fund for incubator grants, technical assistance, and network support. CDFA said the program has reached nearly half of California schoolchildren and has shown strong demand and positive evaluation results. LAO supported the core program but recommended rejecting the $3 million technical assistance component as too broad and suggested the Legislature consider using Proposition 98 for some of the funding. Members debated that point, with some expressing concern about using General Fund dollars for a new discretionary request during a tight budget year. The biodiversity and nature-based solutions chapter included funding for the Wildlife Conservation Board, state conservancies, and tribal nature-based solutions. WCB described major recent investments and proposed projects tied to 30 by 30, habitat restoration, tribal partnerships, and public access. Members raised concerns about long-term stewardship, the size of the WCB allocation, and whether the Legislature should receive more detail on how funds will be distributed. The committee also heard requests for Bolsa Chica wetlands maintenance and Rincon Island decommissioning funding from the State Lands Commission, with members questioning long-term liability, remediation costs, and the role of private oil operators. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with public comment from stakeholders largely supporting the APA exemption, farm-to-school funding, biodiversity investments, and related conservation programs.

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• , practicality, practicality, particularly<01:03:17.680> travel<01:03:18.000> distance.
• And it's like it's not practical. It's just not there.
• <01:17:27.600> It's And it's like it's not practical.
• It's And it's like it's not practical. It's just<01:17:28.159> not<01:17:28.480> there.
• Carlton County jails, for instance, you know, a fairly large Native population.

Bills: HF3700, HF3982, HF3927, HF3933, HF3949, HF4238, HF4275, HF4476, HF4504

Keywords: Duluth, Lake Superior Zoo, capital improvements, funding, bonds, appropriations, capital investment, port development, grant caps, state assistance, navigation facilities, Dakota County, state bonds, park improvements, infrastructure, transportation, safety, congestion, water infrastructure, bond issuance