Transcript Highlights:

• map that's on the screen right now.
• Moving on to the geographic shortage map, the left-hand map shows...
• And this is the last state-level map.
• And this is the last state-level map.
• So this map does show cost-adjusted teacher salaries.

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There's county maps; there's a couple counties together that shows.
• And so those are on each of the maps.
• So those are on each of the maps.
• map and outlines requirements and considerations for the map.
• The solar map layer is simply a guidance tool for applicants.

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2150, which continues the State Land Department until July 1, 2030. Members questioned the commissioner extensively about agency procedures, backlog, appraisals, auction practices, privilege claims in the Fontamonte audit, and the Coyotes land transaction. The committee also discussed the Griffin amendment, which required quarterly updates, a public hearing on the department’s strategic plan, changes to conceptual land use plans and five-year disposition plans, and legislative findings. After debate over oversight and accountability, the amendment was adopted and HB 2150 was returned with a do pass recommendation by a 6-4 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 2975, which would suspend the State Land Department’s solar scoring map and require new mining and housing resource maps, with the amendment changing the mapping deadline and requiring the maps to be posted online. Supporters said the bill would improve fairness and maximize trust revenue for schools by avoiding favoritism toward solar; opponents argued the solar map is only a guidance tool and that removing it could reduce transparency and revenue. The department said it was neutral but asked for additional staff or consultant support if the bill passed. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2975 as amended on a 6-4 vote. House Bill 2781 followed, addressing solar plant decommissioning, restoration, financial assurance, insurance, and a remediation fund. The amendment narrowed the bill to decommissioning standards and limited its reach to projects receiving permits after the effective date. Testimony focused on the need to ensure solar sites are restored and that taxpayers are not left with cleanup costs; several speakers cited abandoned or aging energy infrastructure as a cautionary example. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2781 as amended by a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began House Bill 2267, which would classify certain utility-scale wind or solar projects within four miles of residential property as a public nuisance, with exceptions and grandfathering for existing projects. The sponsor argued the bill responds to concerns about large renewable projects near homes and property value impacts, while the amendment narrowed the scope to utility-scale wind and solar and excluded rooftop solar and existing projects. The transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 2267.

Transcript Highlights:

• That's mapping, it's a constant update every day, all day. And does this mapping track past events?
• solution to either, if it's a map, a hand map drawn from 40 years ago, can we implement some?
• If we do not have good enough mapping to.
• We've talked a little bit about mapping.
• But it puts it into that mapping system.

Bills: HB206, HB 1285, HB1335, HJR107, HB206

Keywords: pipeline, construction, cash bond, county authority, local government, HB 1285, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, drones, unmanned aircraft, UAS, drone inspections, oil and gas, pipeline inspection, surface mining, well sites, tank batteries, disposal wells, injection sites, natural resources

Transcript Highlights:

• GIS connects data to a map.
• At that time, maps were paper maps, not digital maps.
• In 1985, the State Engineer's Office used GIS mapping as a decision-making tool for mapping out tribal
• </c><00:09:40.320><c> to</c> their mapping needs from paper maps to their mapping needs from paper maps
• </c> public map that is a GIS-based system. public map that is a GIS-based system.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The map here basically illustrates the control area in green.
• Chair, we'll need the presentation displayed again for the map.
• You're on. ...displayed again for the map. You're on?
• And they're already, to a degree, we have some of those things already mapped, just not mapped together
• D-MAP in the filter, it would filter out the DMAP clubs.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The task force met to handle routine business, including roll call, adoption of the amended agenda, approval of prior minutes, and withdrawal of one agenda item because a presenter could not attend. The main presentation came from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on the recent chronic wasting disease (CWD) emergency declaration and control-area expansion after a positive deer was confirmed in Concordia Parish, including on Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area. LDWF explained the expanded control area, the enhanced mitigation zone where baiting and supplemental feeding are prohibited, the buffer zone rules, carcass transport restrictions, and the taxidermy waiver process. Officials also said the emergency declaration lasts 180 days unless extended or replaced by formal rulemaking, and that the department will pursue a notice of intent process that may or may not mirror the emergency rules. Members asked detailed questions about where the positive deer may have been exposed, how the control-area boundaries were drawn, how many deer were sampled, and how surveillance targets are set. LDWF and Dr. Roberts said the positive likely reflects prior exposure but the source is unknown, that the map follows roads, waterways, and processor locations, and that the deer was sampled through a hunter check-in process with a large sample size from the WMA. They also explained that surveillance goals are based on risk models and that sample collection is voluntary, with costs covered by the department and some federal research funds, not by hunters. Several members asked for better public-facing maps and parish-level data showing harvest, sample goals, and actual samples, while staff noted the information exists and can be stratified, but some harvest totals are delayed by DMAP reporting. The National Deer Association then read a statement saying CWD is the most serious long-term threat to wild deer and deer hunting and that hunters, landowners, scientists, and wildlife agencies must work together to slow its spread. The task force also discussed its legislative charge under HR/ACR 75, with staff outlining five areas for recommendations: testing and tracking practices, interagency information sharing and public notification, monitoring captive and wild herds, containment protocols, and needed statutory or regulatory updates. Members discussed the timeline for recommendations relative to the commission’s April notice-of-intent process and the 2027 reporting deadline. Near the end, two members reported large declines in retail sales of deer feed products since CWD feeding restrictions, and a public comment thanked the governor for assistance after a severe ice storm. The meeting adjourned without any votes beyond adopting the agenda and approving minutes.

Transcript Highlights:

• Does that not change the map? I mean, you're an attorney. Does that not change the map?
• ,</c> that House Bill 1 does not change maps, that House Bill 1 does not change maps, correct?
• Because of what you all have done, the... neutral map that the court drew, neutral map that the court
• </c> does that not change maps? does that not change maps?
• </c> that we are not to draw any new maps that we are not to draw any new maps until<00:14:16.400><c>

Bills: HB1

Keywords: HB1, Alabama, elections, primary election, special primary, runoff, congressional districts, redistricting, reapportionment, district boundaries, federal court, injunction, judgment, Governor proclamation, nominee certification, party nominee, general election 2026, election calendar, voting rights, congressional race

Transcript Highlights:

• , uh, sequential intercept mapping, um, not only in New Mexico but actually across the country.
• Ocero to talk about, um, AOC's specific actions around sin mapping and facilitation.
• That will incorporate both the adult sequential intercept mapping along with a child and adolescent mapping
• Those that have already completed sequential intercept mapping.
• To be mapped out. Um, but if I may ask, how is the invitation going out?

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> use mapping use mapping tool,<00:53:58.960><c> not</c><00:53:59.280><c> just</c><00:53:59.440><c
• We do have the mapping already.
• The language in the amendment under wild rice maps starting on 1.17 says that we must create maps that
• The language in the amendment under wild rice maps starting on 1.17 says that we must create maps that
• The language in the amendment under wild rice maps starting on 1.17 says that we must create maps that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, can we discuss your mapping real quick? Yes, ma'am.
• , a hand map drawn from 40 years ago.
• If we do not have good enough mapping.
• Also, The 811 representative mentioned GIS mapping.
• We've talked a little bit about mapping.

Bills: HB206

Keywords: HB206, school district bonds, bond election, voter approval, Education Code, Chapter 45, Section 45.003, Section 45.0034, Texas schools, school finance, local tax election, bond referendum, school construction, capital improvements, election frequency, five-year waiting period, district bonds, public school funding

Transcript Highlights:

• THIS IS THE MAP OF THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS IT ALL.
• THIS IS A MAP I WISH I HAD A POINTER. ON THE LEFT SIDE IS NORTH OF U.S. 41 THE EVERGLADES.
• I'M JOKING. >> Chair: LET'S GO BACK TO THE MAP. THE DIAGRAM FROM PRE 2019 UNTIL NOW.
• B MAPS TYPICALLY HAVE A 20 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON.
• THE LAKE OB MAP AREA HAS REALLY DONE WELL IN IMPLEMENTING THEIR BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm trying to think of the D-MAP, I'm sorry, on the D-MAP.
• Senator Womack, we can stratify the sample numbers by D-MAP or non-D-MAP or public land, so that is a
• Overall, the state is D-MAP as to, you know, cases that we found on D-MAP.
• D-MAP as to, you know, cases that we found on D-MAP would be an indicator from a statewide standpoint
• Senator Womack, we can stratify the sample numbers by D-Map or non-D-Map or public land, so that is a

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The committee continued discussing recommendations for chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance and response in Louisiana’s wild and captive deer herds. Members and staff reviewed current surveillance results, noting that LDWF had met goals in 32 of 64 parishes and that voluntary hunter-harvest sampling was falling short in other areas. Several ideas were raised to improve sample collection without making it broadly mandatory, including incentives for hunters, taxidermists, and possibly processors; use of DMAP properties and mobile sampling units; and targeted sampling of older bucks and other higher-risk animals. Members also discussed whether to use parish-level or other geographic control areas, and whether to mirror aspects of Arkansas’s approach, including testing to reduce or remove restrictions when prevalence remains low. The committee also heard from LDWF and LDAF about captive herd surveillance and reporting. LDAF described its licensed deer facilities, a 2024 positive in Jeff Davis Parish that led to depopulation and quarantines, and follow-up testing that has remained negative at quarantined farms. Witnesses said the agencies currently share information informally and through USDA/NVSL channels, but there is no specific law or regulation requiring 24-hour notification between agencies. The Wildlife Federation and several members recommended mandatory enrollment in the USDA herd certification program, mandatory reporting of positives, and clearer coordination between LDWF and LDAF. Members also discussed the cost of testing, with LDWF saying USDA grants covered diagnostic testing for the last two deer seasons, while department self-generated funds covered earlier costs. A major portion of the meeting focused on how to respond when a positive wild deer is found. Some members favored immediate restrictions, while others argued for keeping existing season rules in place through the season and using the positive as a trigger for intensified sampling, with the goal of avoiding unnecessary penalties and encouraging hunters to submit samples. There was also discussion of whether baiting should be prohibited, allowed during hunting season, or phased based on testing results, with Arkansas’s statewide baiting allowance and county-based disease management zones used as a comparison. The chair emphasized that no final recommendation would be adopted at this meeting; instead, staff was directed to compile the discussion and written recommendations for consideration at the April meeting, when the committee expects to vote and the commission may need to act quickly through its notice-of-intent or emergency rule process before the next hunting season.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:14:21.160><c> uh</c> uh my staff did a number of mapping uh uh my staff did a number of mapping
• So there are varying tax map key lengths, extra characters, dashes, commas, multiple tax map keys per
• </c><00:40:03.319><c> keys</c> are reported in terms of tax map keys are reported in terms of tax map
• </c> information systems or GIS uh to map information systems or GIS uh to map relationships<00:40:38.760
• So here's a map of California.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint informational briefing focused on restricted use pesticides in Hawaiʻi, with Senate and House members opening the meeting and explaining that the session was intended to hear expert presentations and community concerns. Fern Holland outlined the background for the briefing, describing how restricted use pesticides differ from general-use products, why state-level regulation matters, and how community advocates have sought disclosure and protections for years. She summarized 2019 reporting data, saying a small number of users accounted for most reported use, with especially heavy application in North Central Oʻahu and on the west side of Kauaʻi. She highlighted concerns about applications near schools, homes, and coastlines, and identified 1,3-dichloropropene and metam sodium as among the heaviest-used fumigants. She also noted concerns about highly hazardous pesticides, some banned in other countries, and the lack of research on long-term combined exposure to multiple pesticides. Greg Takashima of the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture described the department’s pesticide program and regulatory authority under FIFRA and state law. He explained the distinction between general-use and restricted use pesticides, the certification requirements for applicators, and the department’s role in tracking RUPs from sale through use. He reviewed the branch’s functions in enforcement, education and certification, registration and technical review, and laboratory analysis, including inspections, complaint response, market surveillance, product registration, groundwater review, and outreach on drift reduction and integrated pest management. He also noted staffing and funding limitations, saying the branch lacks a toxicologist and long-term monitoring capacity, and compared Hawaiʻi’s resources to California’s much larger pesticide regulatory program. Takashima thanked the legislature for passing Act 231 the prior year and said the department supports the measure as it moves forward this session. Dr. Lee, speaking for the Hawaiʻi chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as a former member of the Kauaʻi Joint Fact-Finding Task Force, said pediatric guidance has shifted from focusing on acute poisoning to recognizing chronic low-level pesticide exposure as a concern. He cited AAP publications linking pesticide exposure to cancer, brain tumors, leukemia, birth outcomes, neurobehavioral effects, and asthma, and said pediatricians are now encouraged to advise families on reducing exposure and to support right-to-know measures and buffer zones around schools and public gathering places. He also described the Kauaʻi task force’s work, saying it found the west side of the island to be an unhealthy community but could not prove causation because of missing drift, geospatial, and biomarker data. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, questions were held until after presentations, and the department expressed support for Act 231.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> some mapping with people in the cars. some mapping with people in the cars.
• </c><00:16:02.760><c> out</c> They're just trying to kind of map out They're just trying to kind of map
• They're mapping. They're doing a lot of work.
• They're mapping. They're doing a lot of work.
• </c> mapping. They're doing a lot of work. mapping. They're doing a lot of work.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• to create that geospatial mapping.
• All right, the health equity map.
• Advanced geospatial mapping technology allows the user to really customize that map and overlay.
• Different criteria and data onto that map.
• And with the health equity map, specifically for that map, you can overlay or utilize the filters for

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm going to show you a map on the next slide.
• So we have a map of the city.
• I think the maps are what led to a lot of the mistrust because the maps were WU.E. maps; they weren't
• risk maps.
• In fact, the SBCC adopted our WU.E. code before we had seen the maps.

Summary: The committee heard first from Ferndale city officials and a representative of FutureWise on annexation planning. Ferndale described its “annexation blueprint” or phased annexation plan as a way to tie urban growth area planning, capital facilities, and eventual annexation together earlier in the process. Speakers argued that counties often allow incremental development in urban growth areas without city-level standards, impact fees, or coordinated infrastructure planning, which can leave cities and taxpayers with higher future costs and make annexation less likely. Members raised questions about fire districts, county revenue loss, and whether annexation incentives or interlocal revenue-sharing agreements could help. FutureWise supported requiring annexation phasing in countywide planning policies, using pre-annexation agreements, and applying city standards in urban growth areas to make annexation more predictable and less contentious. The committee then received a primer and update from the State Building Code Council (SBCC). Staff explained the council’s composition, standing committees, technical advisory groups, and rulemaking process, including normal, expedited, and emergency rulemaking. They described the ongoing 2024 code cycle and the separate work underway on Senate Bill 5491 and related legislation concerning single-stair residential buildings and multiplex housing. Members discussed how the legislature can better direct the SBCC, the difference between prescriptive and performance-based code approaches, and the importance of involving technical experts early. The SBCC also addressed concerns about the wildfire urban interface code, noting that problems arose when code language and maps were developed on different timelines and applied to urban areas in ways that were not anticipated. Several members asked about regional differences, especially energy code impacts in eastern Washington and the role of natural gas. SBCC representatives said the council can use climate zones and appendices for some regional variation, but statewide statutory targets still constrain the energy code. They emphasized that the council is largely reactive to legislative direction and public proposals, and that clearer legislative intent would help avoid ambiguity in future code development. No votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• And if you don't know about Aaliyah and their GIS mapping, it is unbelievable.
• All this bill says is that the 911 board and the Aaliyah GIS mapping board shall share a member.
• And the 911 mapping, it is unbelievable.
• GIS mapping board shall share<00:06:37.440><c> a</c><00:06:37.680><c> member.
• </c> continuity to this mapping system. continuity to this mapping system.

Bills: HB97, HB407, HB435, SB361, HB97, HB407, HB435

Keywords: absentee ballot, voting, elections, voter registration, electoral process, defective affidavit, voting rights, local redevelopment, tax payments, transient occupancy, state revenue, authority powers, economic development, tax abatement, incentives, Alabama Jobs Act, Accelerate Alabama, NAICS, North American Industry Classification System, 2022 NAICS codes

Transcript Highlights:

• Their maps are not about fair representation.
• Mirrors the map before Or let's also be very clear, the person who drew this map as the authoritarian
• The legislature does not draw or implement these maps.
• prevented us from drawing maps around incumbency.
• The new maps, by the way, use most all of the same criteria, VRA included, and the post maps even managed

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Assembly Bill 598 seeks to establish school mapping technology on K-12 campuses.
• The reality is, without accurate, accessible maps, that's nearly impossible.
• The maps and blueprints schools rely on today are typically outdated, inaccurate, impossible.
• Again, these maps do not contain sensitive, top secret, or classified information of any kind.
• And so we are agnostic to who actually maps.

Summary: The committee first took up a consent calendar of multiple bills, moving them forward mostly to Appropriations, with AB 1531 sent to Insurance. It then heard AB 645, requiring emergency medical dispatch training for public safety dispatchers who handle medical calls. Supporters said standardized dispatcher training would improve CPR and other pre-arrival instructions, especially in rural areas with long response times; there was no opposition, and the bill was moved to Appropriations. AB 716, on statewide hydrogen fire safety standards and a State Fire Marshal hydrogen expert, also drew support and was sent to Utilities and Energy. AB 783, aimed at lowering disaster rebuilding costs by allowing state contracting for construction materials in declared disaster areas, was supported by housing and building groups and moved to Appropriations. AB 591, creating a public works mutual aid plan for disasters, and AB 1200, expanding disaster preparedness through tabletop exercises, a State Lifelines Council, and CERT training, both received supportive testimony and were sent to Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 300, which would require regular updates to fire hazard severity zone maps; witnesses from fire agencies and cities supported moving the review schedule to every five years, and the bill was sent to Appropriations as amended. AB 986 would add landslides and climate-change-exacerbated conditions to the definition of state and local emergencies; supporters from Rancho Palos Verdes and the League of California Cities described severe land movement and major costs, while members raised concerns about overbroad emergency declarations. The bill nonetheless advanced to Appropriations. AB 478, requiring local emergency plans to include pet rescue procedures and longer holding periods for rescued animals, was supported by the author, a mayor, and animal advocacy groups; members suggested revisiting the 90-day reclamation period and transfer rules, but the bill moved to Appropriations. Later, AB 598 proposed school mapping technology for K-12 campuses so first responders can access accurate layouts during emergencies. The sponsor and dispatch representatives said the maps could reduce response times and improve coordination, while committee members asked about costs, vendor neutrality, rural school funding, and coordination with the 911 Advisory Board; the bill was moved to Appropriations with members noting possible follow-up amendments. Throughout the meeting, several votes were left open for later addition, and the committee eventually recorded additional aye votes and one no vote on AB 783 and a not-voting position on AB 986 before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• However, these maps are not updated on a fixed schedule.
• The maps inform building codes, as you mentioned, insurance rates, and evacuation.
• The reality is, without accurate, accessible maps, that's nearly impossible.
• These maps are designed to be accessible to all.
• Again, these maps do not contain sensitive top-secret information.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In fact, the maps, the partisan map that was drawn behind closed doors by the California legislature
• In fact, the maps, the partisan map that was drawn behind closed doors by the California legislature
• entire point of the exercise. the entire point of this map is to quote the entire point of this map
• </c> three maps. three maps.
• These<03:57:42.479><c> maps</c> These maps These maps are<03:57:44.479><c> maps</c><03:57:44.880><c>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, September 4, 2025, 1012, house, all