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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 11, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So active forest management that fire.
  • To me, that's active management.
  • To me, that's active habitat.
  • It protects the agricultural<00:50:42.559><c> industry.
  • It protects agricultural industry.
Bills: HB0078 , SF0012 , SF0013 , SF0052 , SF0069 , SF0070
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 11, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I spent 30 years active duty in the submarine force. This is an important bill.
  • You state active duty.
  • Bill Winnie, Sublette County, spent 30 years active duty in the submarine force.
  • You state active duty.
  • also</c><00:08:39.279><c> things</c><00:08:39.519><c> that</c><00:08:39.760><c> are</c> You state active
Bills: HB0078 , SF0012 , SF0013 , SF0052 , SF0069 , SF0070
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Fri Jan 30, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
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  • agricultural activity.
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  • </c><00:29:21.440><c> Um,</c> signal active agricultural activity.
  • Um, signal active agricultural activity.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you really care about affordability and workforce, 13 years of active kids will help a lot.
  • It is through more outside recess and physical activity during the school day.
  • But here's the key point: physical activity is not a break from learning.
  • it diminishes participation in those activities.
  • Or activity, it diminishes participation in those activities.
Committee: Senate Education
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 25, 2026 PM 1

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are 44 services in our state right now that are active and participating.
  • right<00:02:38.080><c> now</c><00:02:38.239><c> that</c><00:02:38.480><c> are</c><00:02:38.720><c> active
  • </c><00:02:38.959><c> and</c> right now that are active and right now that are active and participating
  • It's also gone through the Senate side and the House Agricultural Committee at this point.
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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN-WLA, AEN Public Hearings 02-11-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c><00:08:10.160><c> and</c> the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture and Biocurity
  • Our testimony reference, Agriculture.
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Summary: The committee heard several measures related to agriculture, invasive species control, trees, reef protection, and land use. SP 2489 would require Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity leases to include access, invasive-species control, and termination provisions; DAB and DLNR supported it, as did several outside groups, while the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council raised concerns about notice, cooperation with lessees, and placing penalties on leaseholders for preexisting infestations. The chair noted six testifiers in support, one opposed, and three with comments. SP 2310 would appropriate funds to remove overgrown vegetation from the Kohola stream. DAB supported the bill but explained that the work already completed by its contractor stopped at a DOT boundary, and that the affected parcel appears to be a DOT highway segment on ceded lands; the committee discussed whether the appropriation should instead go to DOT. SP 2372, on exceptional and significant trees, received support from DNR and Outdoor Circle, with testimony describing trees as critical infrastructure and suggesting technical amendments to committee membership and the process for recommending trees to county councils. SP 2426, which would authorize DNR to contract with private parties to maintain sunscreen dispensers at state beaches and promote mineral-based sunscreen as reef-protective, drew support from DNR and reef advocates, while another witness questioned the science behind claims about mineral versus chemical sunscreens and urged broader environmental solutions. SP 2334 would impose a land conversion fee on agricultural land converted to other uses, create a fee fund for programs including healthy soils, and require state agricultural lands to use a conservation metric. DAB offered comments, and testimony from climate and farm groups generally supported the conservation goals but questioned references to programs not yet in place and objected to language excluding solar and wind uses, with one witness urging that agri-voltaics remain allowed. SP 2925, concerning coconut trees, would recognize them as food, water, and cultural resources, require signage for landscape palms, set labeling standards, and create a tax credit for naturally managed consumable coconut trees. DAB shifted from opposition to comments, DNR supported, and testimony from cultural and subsistence advocates strongly backed the bill as a response to coconut rhinoceros beetle impacts; committee questions focused on enforcement of signage, inspection resources, and the proposed tax credit.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning and welcome to day three, or, for us, the second hearing of the House Agriculture and Natural
  • The second thing that this bill does is directs the Department of Agriculture to develop a statewide
  • security strategy that addresses a variety of topics related to food access, agricultural viability,
  • Now, what you may know is that the Department of Agriculture did an exceptional job.
  • Part of the reason that I'd like for it to be the Department of Agriculture is because at the end of
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • autonomy is crucial, as they allow for clinical decisions that prioritize patient-centric care and actively
  • 00:15:09.680><c> centric</c><00:15:10.079><c> care</c><00:15:10.560><c> and</c><00:15:10.880><c> actively
  • </c> patient centric care and actively patient centric care and actively promote<00:15:12.240><c> um<
  • And if you can't conduct two of the six activities of daily living, which are eating, toileting, bathing
Bills: HF2400 , HF1724 , HF3437 , HF4333 , HF2874 , HF4052
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're very supportive of their activities about, as he said, activating and increasing agriculture.
  • So we're extremely thrilled that DHHL is doing their activities around agriculture.
  • their activity and their engagement<00:51:21.920><c> in</c><00:51:22.240><c> agriculture.
  • </c><00:51:29.839><c> We</c><00:51:30.160><c> just</c> activities around agriculture.
  • We just activities around agriculture.
Summary: The committee heard opening remarks and then took testimony on several agriculture-related bills. HB 2425 would exempt agricultural enterprises on former commercial sugarcane lands in conservation use districts from certain permitting and site plan requirements. The Department of Agriculture supported the measure and stood on written comments. The Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the intent but said the bill appeared to cite the wrong statute and suggested amending the conservation district law instead. Other testimony was generally supportive, while some witnesses raised concerns about using the right statutory vehicle. Committee members questioned whether the bill should be redirected through a different chapter. The committee then heard HB 596, which would require retail sellers of plants to disclose invasiveness risk, direct the Invasive Species Council to create a labeling system and weed risk assessments, and establish fines. The Department of Land and Natural Resources strongly supported the bill, saying point-of-sale labels would help consumers make informed choices. Supporters from the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species said the state’s noxious weed and restricted plant lists are outdated or incomplete and that the bill would help prevent harmful species from being purchased and planted. Opponents, including the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii Food Policy Foundation, argued the measure was too broad, could stigmatize plants and producers, and might be better implemented through voluntary education or narrower definitions. Committee discussion focused on possible amendments, including using printable labels from a website and limiting the bill to larger commercial retailers. HB 2573 would create a five-year agriculture and biosecurity workforce development pilot program involving the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Leeward Community College, and the Department of Human Resources Development. DHRD said it supported the intent but wanted clearer responsibilities; the University of Hawaiʻi, the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, the Hawaii Food Policy Foundation, and others supported the proposal. DAB said the program would help build needed biosecurity staffing and training, and that law-enforcement-related curriculum could be incorporated. Finally, the committee began hearing HB 207, which would expand the important agricultural land qualified agricultural tax credit to include certain Hawaiian homelands and additional agricultural costs such as orchards, fruit crops, and clearing former sugar and pineapple lands. The Department of Taxation and DAB stood on written comments, while the Department of Hawaiian Homelands strongly supported the bill, calling it a potential game-changer for developing agricultural lands and offsetting infrastructure costs; the department also asked that the credit be broadened beyond agriculture alone.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please activate your voting bias upon accessing your desk in the chamber. A quorum is present.
  • He believes and he's very active in the business community and the faith-based community, and such.
  • Trump is a very active 80-year-old man? Thank you for the question. I would actually believe that.
  • And you know, my generation and older, we counted down the hours We need kids active.
  • So I want to continue to stress things that help kids be active and be engaged and be healthy.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • intensive care, he is currently pursuing advanced clinical training as a nurse practitioner and is actively
  • officer, in a moment of a lack of coordination and failure to read, locked the vote instead of activating
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To the chamber and activate your voting to buy upon accessing your desk. Thank you. Thank you.
  • I just personally love the faith-based communities getting involved in those type of activities.
  • We need kids active.
  • We need kids active. We need kids moving. We need kids active. We need kids moving.
  • So I want to continue to stress things that help kids be active and be engaged and be healthy.
Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, a ceremonial recognition of two Elgin High School students, Clayton Raoul and Leon Anderson, and bus driver Kevin McDonald for their heroic actions during a March 2 bus crash. A citation was read honoring their selfless efforts to evacuate injured students and assist first responders. The chamber also introduced several student pages and recognized visiting groups in the gallery, including Impact Oklahoma and the Ardmore Leadership Group. The Senate then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1491, requiring appointed presidential electors to take the same oath as other electors, advanced and passed. Senate Bill 1579, which requires assessors to mail taxpayers a statement of rights when property valuations increase, also advanced and passed unanimously. Senate Bill 1806, extending foster care eligibility to age 21 for those who opt in and meet program requirements, drew supportive debate about helping youth transition to adulthood; it advanced and passed as an emergency measure. A lengthy debate followed on Senate Bill 1552, which would allow certain large counties to pursue home rule charters through a voter-approved process. Supporters argued it would give populous counties more flexibility and local control, while opponents raised concerns about unequal treatment, population-based governance, rural representation, and possible constitutional issues. The bill advanced and then passed 26-18. Senate Bill 483, authorizing county-run relocation assistance programs funded by private donations for voluntarily relocating individuals, especially homeless persons, also prompted extensive questions about liability, trafficking concerns, accountability, and whether it could shift people between jurisdictions; it advanced and passed 39-6. Finally, Senate Bill 63, raising school board member stipends from $25 to $190 per meeting under permissive language, advanced over concerns about cost and then moved to final passage, with debate beginning at the end of the transcript.