Video & Transcript Research : 'bear hunting'

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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Judiciary Mar 25th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Recently, I met a couple who was in Walton County for a close their eyes and pic Beach house hunting
Keywords: 999, senate, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • passage of Section 303 in the Dole Act means that nobody's going to be living through these weird witch hunts
Summary: During the meeting, various members engaged in extensive discussions surrounding 15 proposed bills related to veterans' affairs. Notably, concerns regarding recent VA workforce changes sparked debates, particularly about potential cuts and their implications for veterans' care and benefits. Chairman Moran emphasized the need for thoughtful reforms and coordination with stakeholders, urging responsible measures to prevent negatively impacting service delivery. The meeting highlighted a significant bipartisan effort to enhance veterans' access to essential health services, particularly in light of recent challenges faced by the VA workforce. Senator Blumenthal's assertions about the urgent plight of veterans due to cuts in personnel drew strong reactions, showcasing the deep concern among committee members regarding the current state of veteran services.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 8

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We all have to bear the burden of that. So I strongly support this bill.
  • We all have to bear the burden of that. So I strongly support this bill.
  • We all have to bear the burden of that. So I strongly support this bill.
  • We all have to bear the burden of that. So I strongly support this bill.
  • . but my dog thinks he's a cuddly bear.
UT

Utah 2025 Regular Session

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee - November 19, 2025

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the SOLID program is in Bear. It's in Bear 2, yes. In Bear 2. So are the other...
  • It's in Bear 2, yes. In Bear 2. So are the other ones in Bear like that?
  • I don’t have it here, but it is less than Bear 1 and Bear 1 for sure.
  • Less than Bear 1 and Bear 4 for sure. I would think it would be less than all of those.
  • 3 and Bear 4...”
Keywords: 985, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/31/2026)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Berseron can correct me, but that the legislature set the hunting season in the state, and it lacked
  • Berseron can correct me, but that the legislature set the hunting season in the state, and it lacked
  • Berseron can correct me, but that the legislature set the hunting season in the state, and it lacked
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AGR/AEN Joint Info Briefing - Mon Nov 24, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 01:37:57.600> uh<01:37:57.920> invasive<01:37:58.960> species<01:37:59.520> hunts
  • <01:38:00.239> and<01:38:01.199> all have uh invasive species hunts and all have uh
  • invasive species hunts and all kinds<01:38:01.600> of<01:38:01.760> things.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The joint informational briefing from the House Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment focused on the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity’s update on Hawaii’s biosecurity framework, especially implementation of Act 231 (2024) and Act 236 (2025). Chairs Corey Chun and Mike Gabbard opened the meeting by framing the briefing as an update on investments to fight invasive species and improve statewide evaluation and coordination. Department leaders Sharon Her and Richard Kim described historic legislative and executive investments that have allowed the department to rebuild and modernize biosecurity infrastructure to better prevent, detect, control, and eradicate invasive species. The presentation emphasized the importance of biosecurity to Hawaii’s agriculture, economy, environment, and public well-being, citing threats such as rapid ohia death, little fire ant, coconut rhinoceros beetle, brown tree snake, and red imported fire ant. Staff explained the state’s layered approach—pre-border, border, and post-border—and compared it to New Zealand’s model, stressing that Hawaii must act as a “net, not a wall” and that prevention before entry is far more cost-effective than response after establishment. They also outlined agency roles across the system, including agriculture, natural resources, health, transportation, enforcement, and university partners, and noted that Act 231 strengthened authority over high-risk imports, offshore treatment, compliance agreements, and pest management plans, while Act 236 renamed the department and clarified statewide biosecurity coordination. Jonathan Ho then walked through specific program areas and progress. He said pre-border risk analysis is being supported by Act 231 funding and a university contract, while offshore compliance and treatment efforts have improved substantially, including Christmas tree inspections from Oregon and Washington and airline declaration systems that provide advance passenger information. For border work, he highlighted inspections, surveillance, detector dogs, and port monitoring. For post-border response and readiness, he discussed the invasive pest hotline and dashboard, trace-forward/trace-back and diagnostics, preparedness for future threats, and the need to build stronger internal capacity. He also described a developing transitional facilities program authorized by Act 236, modeled on New Zealand’s certified facilities system, and said the department has already begun outreach to industry groups such as the Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association. No votes or formal actions were taken; the meeting was informational only.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Insurance Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for bearing with me on that. Mr. Chairman, I have a question.
  • Thank you for bearing with me on that. Mr. Chairman, I have a question.
  • Thank you for bearing with me on that. Mr. Chairman, I have a question.
  • Thank you for bearing with me on that. Mr. Chairman, I have a question.
  • Thank you for bearing with me on that. Mr. Chairman, I have a question.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

MEMBER'S OWN Apr 22nd, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to congratulate the Barton Bears for their tournament-winning team.
  • Congratulations to the Barton Bear boys basketball team on capturing the 2A State Championship.
  • We thank you all for being here today, and we want to honor my alma mater, the Barton Bears.
  • And with the win, the Bears secured the school's first state basketball championship.
  • And whereas the Bears ended the season with an overall record of 34 wins and five losses.
Keywords: 1204, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Transportation (01/20/2026)

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am pinch-hitting for him, so bear with me.
  • I am pinch-hitting for him, so bear with me.
  • this<03:17:17.439> is<03:17:18.399> really<03:17:18.640> a<03:17:18.800> bear
  • <03:17:19.120> of long time and this is really a bear of long time and this is really a bear
  • almost four-wheeler-like device that a person can sit inside, operate, and take off-road, even to hunt
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/14/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • the quality of life, which of course God gave us in terms of the White Mountains with hiking and hunting
  • the quality of life, which of course God gave us in terms of the White Mountains with hiking and hunting
  • <04:09:10.560> and the White Mountains with hiking and the White Mountains with hiking and hunting
  • 11.760> and<04:09:12.560> skiing,<04:09:13.760> but<04:09:14.080> also hunting
  • and fishing and skiing, but also hunting and fishing and skiing, but also for<04:09:15.760> um
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (02/05/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • needs to get out of this arena unless it is going to do its homework, and said it sounded like a witch hunt
  • needs to get out of this arena unless it is going to do its homework, and said it sounded like a witch hunt
  • needs to get out of this arena unless it is going to do its homework, and said it sounded like a witch hunt
  • needs to get out of this arena unless it is going to do its homework, and that it sounded like a witch hunt
  • Representative BS said it sounded to him like this is a witch hunt against churches and synagogues.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first held a public hearing and then an executive session on HB 650, a housekeeping-style bill from the Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds. Testimony explained that the bill would remove references to two already-repealed dedicated funds, split the state parks dedicated fund so Cannon Mountain winter activities would be tracked separately from the rest of the parks system, and place a $1 million cap on the robotics education fund so excess money would revert to the general fund. Supporters said the changes were mainly administrative but would improve accounting and avoid timing issues; committee members asked about a typographical error in the bill text and whether the measure was more than housekeeping. The committee later voted 16-0 to recommend HB 650 ought to pass, and then placed it on the consent calendar. The committee also opened a public hearing on HB 585, which would revise the property tax exemption for religious organizations. Representative John Janigian, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to help small churches and other religious groups that own parsonages or worship buildings but no longer have a resident pastor, allowing them to rent space or use property for church purposes without losing the exemption so long as the money is used for church operations, maintenance, or outreach. He described his Salem church’s parsonage being taxed after it was no longer occupied by a pastor, and said the bill would prevent similar burdens on small congregations. Former Representative Betty Gay testified in support, describing prior assessor actions in Salem that taxed church land and buildings very aggressively, while a Municipal Association representative testified in opposition. Committee members raised questions about how terms such as “regularly recognized and constituted denomination” would be defined, whether the bill could be applied consistently to larger denominations with multiple parishes, and whether legislative research should review past treatment of similar cases.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 114 May 8th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • People are living where the bears are living, and people continue to push into the bear habitat.
  • Push into the bear habitat.
  • <02:33:41.600> So been a draw to bears. So been a draw to bears.
  • the bear likes my backyard as well. the bear likes my backyard as well.
  • Bears are Here's my point.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and received committee and House messages on a large number of bills. Committee reports advanced several measures, including House Bill 1335 from Health and Human Services, House Bills 1281, 1315, and 1255 from Judiciary, House Bills 1345 and 1417 and Senate Bill 139 from Education, Senate Bill 192 from Transportation and Energy, and a number of Appropriations recommendations. The chamber also received House-passed and revisor-transmitted bills, and later laid over the special-order second reading calendar until later in the day. A major floor action was adoption of Senate Resolution 26-009, which proclaimed May 2026 as ALS Awareness Month. The resolution described ALS as a fatal neurodegenerative disease, highlighted the need for research, multidisciplinary care, and support for patients and caregivers, and recognized Colorado ALS advocates and medical professionals. Senators spoke personally about the disease’s impact, including the minority leader’s remarks about his mother’s death from ALS. The resolution passed 35-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. The Senate then took up third-reading consent calendar bills and passed Senate Bill 186, Senate Bill 188, House Bill 1420, House Bill 1341, House Bill 1015, and House Bill 1423, with recorded no votes on Senate Bill 188 and House Bill 1015. Senate Bill 191, concerning gifts, grants, and donations for nursing-facility reimbursement, was amended on third reading to correct reporting language and then passed 32-3. Senate Bill 125, which would codify disability-rights protections in public schools in response to reduced federal enforcement capacity, generated debate over state responsibility and passed 24-11. Senate Bill 187, creating a commission to study Medicaid and adding managed care entities as stakeholders, passed 31-4 after supporters cited rising Medicaid costs, fraud concerns, and data problems. Senate Bill 189, concerning automated decision-making technology and consequential decisions, was introduced and discussed as an AI-regulation measure, but no final action is shown in the excerpt.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 4, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chamber is led by Omar Fields, chairman of the board, Anita Hunt, board secretary, and former Mount
  • of<02:10:32.400> the<02:10:32.560> board,<02:10:33.040> Anita<02:10:33.440> Hunt
  • ,<02:10:33.840> board of the board, Anita Hunt, board of the board, Anita Hunt, board secretary
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • You'd have bears occasionally in the community.
  • And the San Gabriel Valley Mountains are the hotspot for black bear activity with human-bear conflicts
  • We've got 36 bear calls in the month of March alone.
  • Nevertheless, bear encounters persist. As our mayor, Mr.
  • Alex Bearing, California Farm Bureau, in support.
Summary: The committee heard several water, wildlife, conservation, and local government bills. AB 362, by Assembly Member Ramos, would add tribal water uses as a statewide beneficial use and strengthen tribal consultation in water planning; tribal representatives and conservation groups supported it as a long-overdue correction, while water agencies, business groups, and agricultural interests raised concerns about CEQA, regulatory uncertainty, and impacts on existing water planning. The bill was moved on a due pass motion to Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, with some members noting ongoing stakeholder discussions and one abstention. AB 1089, by Assembly Member Carrillo, would expand local permitting authority under the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act to include commercial and industrial projects. The author and the City of Adelanto argued it would speed housing and economic development in the high desert while preserving the overall conservation framework, but environmental groups opposed it as premature and potentially weakening protections for Joshua trees. The committee approved the bill on a due pass motion to Appropriations. AB 1024, by Assembly Member Harabedian, would require a regional black bear mitigation plan for the San Gabriel Valley and related areas; Sierra Madre officials described rising bear intrusions and the need for state help, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 846, by Assembly Member Connolly, would streamline permitting for local wildfire preparedness and vegetation management projects in local responsibility areas by creating a faster review process at Fish and Wildlife and improving mapping coordination with Cal Fire. Local government, fire service, and agricultural witnesses supported the bill as a common-sense wildfire prevention measure, and it passed to Natural Resources with no opposition. AB 263, by Assembly Member Rogers, would extend emergency minimum-flow regulations for the Scott and Shasta Rivers for five years or until permanent rules are adopted; supporters said it protects salmon recovery, tribal subsistence, and the fishing economy during a transition period, while opponents argued it bypasses normal regulatory process and harms farmers. The committee approved it on a due pass as amended motion to Appropriations, with one abstention and two no votes. AB 1044, by Assembly Member Bains, would create a new Tulare County groundwater sustainability agency for undistricted lands after other local agencies split off; the bill passed to Local Government. AB 1426, by Assembly Member Arambula, began testimony on creating a Diablo Range Conservation Program to fund habitat protection and restoration across the range.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/12/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Miss<00:58:12.000> Bears. Miss Bears. Miss Bears.
  • >> Uh,<00:58:59.680> Miss<00:58:59.920> Bears, >> Uh, Miss Bears, >>
  • You shouldn't probably need that Bears.
  • <00:59:29.119> Miss<00:59:29.599> Bears, pass through? Miss Bears, pass through?
  • And they made decisions to not bear.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

SENATE CONVENES Apr 22nd, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To recognize the Barton High School Bears boys basketball team as the 2006 Class 2A state champions.
  • If we'll ask for leave for the Barton Bears onto the floor, please? Oh, of course.
  • Whereas the Bears did.
  • Whereas this was the first ever state championship for the Bears, and whereas the Bears finished their
  • And whereas the Bears were supported by the efforts on and off of the court, by managers Justin Ward,
Keywords: 1204, all
Summary: The Arkansas Senate convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and moved through announcements including Work Zone Worker Highway Awareness Week. The chamber also received committee reports on several Joint Budget bills and Senate resolutions, including recognitions for Coach Van Compton and the Parkview Arts and Sciences Magnet High School boys basketball team. A special guest, Victoria Ferguson Banks of the Searcy County Quilt Guild, displayed an Arkansas-themed quilt that will be hung in the hallway during session. The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 17 honoring the Barton High School Bears boys basketball team as Class 2A state champions, Senate Resolution 29 recognizing Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts students for science fair accomplishments and designating ASMSA Day at the Capitol, and Senate Resolution 30 honoring Loy Bailey upon his retirement after 48 years with the Arkansas Department of Health. Mr. Bailey briefly addressed the chamber and thanked legislators for their support of public health and employee pay improvements. On the budget calendar, the Senate passed Senate Bill 1, the Senate appropriation for fiscal year 2026-27, by a 34-0 vote with its emergency clause. The chamber also adopted amendments to Senate Bills 3 and 10, passed House Bill 1060 for the Arkansas State Library appropriation, and approved in batches a series of appropriation and reappropriation bills, including Senate Bills 2, 14, 19, 22, 26, 32, 42, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, and 74, all by 34-0 votes with emergency clauses adopted. The Senate then recessed briefly, later returned, and adjourned subject to clearing the desk, with plans to meet again the next day and to hold a special language committee meeting after adjournment.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 25, 2026 PM 1

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> Chairman Bear, Jesse Springer, state Medicaid agent.
  • Chairman Bear. Aye. On to Senate File 12.
  • Chairman Bear. I. So, Mr. Chairman. Hi. Thank you.
  • >> Chairman<01:04:36.559> Bear. >> Chairman Bear. >> Chairman Bear.
  • >> Chairman<01:13:44.480> Bear. >> Chairman Bear. >> Chairman Bear.