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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources & Energy. (2-25-26)

Natural Resources & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fish, for example. Anything that works its way up the food chain. >> I'm terribly sorry.
  • Fish,<00:36:05.560> for<00:36:05.720> example.
  • <00:36:06.680> Anything<00:36:07.080> that<00:36:07.200> works Fish, for example
  • Anything that works Fish, for example.
  • And, you know, whether it's fish and wildlife or agriculture, I don't like emotional regulations or coulda
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and then took up Senate Bill 178 by Senator Greg Elkins. Supporters, including representatives of the U.S. Chamber, Kentucky Chamber, Kentucky Chemistry Council, and Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, said the bill would require state environmental regulations to rely on the best available science, align with federal standards when applicable, and use technologically achievable requirements. They argued it would improve predictability for businesses, promote national uniformity, and increase public confidence in regulatory decisions. Senator Elkins and supporters also said the bill is aimed at several environmental and public health areas, including emergency response, solid waste, water quality, radiation/NORM, environmental permitting, and coal-related regulation. Committee members asked questions about what “best available science” means and whether the bill duplicates existing law. Supporters responded that it means reliable, unbiased, peer-reviewed, scientifically sound studies and that the bill is intended to reduce political influence in regulatory decisions. They also said similar measures had passed in Tennessee and Alabama. Some senators expressed concern that science is already political and asked for clarification on the bill’s scope. Opponents, including Audrey Ernsberger of the Kentucky Resources Council, research scientist Erin Haynes, and attorney Katherine Harcourt Rice, argued that SB 178 would sharply limit Kentucky’s ability to protect public health and the environment. They said the bill would prevent agencies from adopting stronger protections than federal minimums, create ambiguity and regulatory paralysis, and impose an overly restrictive scientific standard. They also objected to language requiring a direct causal link and manifest bodily harm, saying it would force agencies to wait until people are already sick before acting. Harcourt Rice argued the bill is duplicative of existing law and evidentiary rules. No final vote or other action on SB 178 was taken in the portion provided.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • He gets to do archery, fishing, horseback riding. He gets to do just all that. Oh my gosh.
  • To the right is the boating and fishing pathway. That was not ADA accessible.
  • :00.480> and sorry, to the right is the boating and sorry, to the right is the boating and fishing
  • 17:02.160> that<00:17:02.399> was<00:17:02.560> not<00:17:02.800> ADA fishing
  • Um that was not ADA fishing pathway.
Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children opened its first meeting with roll call and a reminder about the number of children in out-of-home care with active placements, which the chair said was 8,641 as of June 1, 2025. The committee then heard a presentation from the Center for Courageous Kids, a donor-funded camp in Scottville that serves children with lifelong illnesses and disabilities at no charge. Representatives described the camp’s year-round family retreats and summer sessions, its medically safe and inclusive model, and examples of campers gaining confidence and independence. They said the camp has served more than 43,000 campers from Kentucky, other states, and other countries, and that it is seeking legislative support for two capital projects: a new art barn and a medical lodge, with a combined request of $3.2 million. Members praised the program and asked about awareness, staffing, volunteer recruitment, accreditation, and how the projects would expand capacity; the camp said the medical lodge would help increase volunteer housing and allow future growth beyond its current summer cap of 128 campers per session. The committee then moved to adult protective services and state guardianship programs. Jessica Wayne, director of the Division of Guardianship, and Cliff Bryant of DCBS explained the legal framework for guardianship and conservatorship, including state guardianship as a last-resort option when no family member or private entity is available or appropriate. They outlined the court petition process, emergency appointments, and the distinction between full and limited guardianship or conservatorship. They emphasized that guardianship is based on legal incapacity to make decisions, not simply on a medical disability diagnosis, and noted that state guardianship can be arranged for some 17-year-olds aging out of youth services. The presenters said the state currently serves 4,645 individuals under guardianship, with most cases involving developmental intellectual disabilities, supported community living waiver participants, and people in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. They also described the division’s three branches: field services, which handles visits and day-to-day decisions in all 120 counties; a benefits branch that applies for public benefits; and a fiduciary branch that manages funds and pays bills. They reported 89 field workers statewide, an average caseload of 52, and said the agency is hiring to reduce that load. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDN Info Briefing - Fri Jan 9, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, I was wondering, we also have Native Hawaiian-focused charter schools.
  • Are there any pushes or steps towards, like, Native Hawaiian-focused pre-K-only learning?
  • Have Native Hawaiian-focused charter schools.
  • Are there any pushes or steps towards, like, Native Hawaiian-focused pre-K-only learning?
  • Islanders excluding native wines, but Islanders excluding native wines, but that<02:22:12.000> cohort
Keywords: 910, house, all
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, the rule amendment also proposes charter schools with enrolled Native American students to comply
  • dog, so to speak, you know, having something like, and I'm making up the numbers, 70% of the total native
  • Districts and charters includes all Native American counts within students, students who are affiliated
  • So the LEAs are receiving funding for students who identify as Native American.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Floor Session 5/18/25 - Part 3

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm grateful for the legacy amendment to protect our drinking water sources, restore our native habitat
  • I'm grateful for the legacy amendment to protect our drinking water sources, restore our native habitat
  • I'm grateful for the legacy amendment to protect our drinking water sources, restore our native habitat
  • I'm grateful for the legacy amendment to protect our drinking water sources, restore our native habitat
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Apr 1, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • emissions associated with all geothermal projects, and there is interest in the voices of local and Native
  • <00:20:09.679> and interest in the voices of local and interest in the voices of local and Native
  • communities<00:20:11.559> particularly<00:20:12.559> with<00:20:12.760> a Native
  • communities particularly with a Native communities particularly with a BN<00:20:13.679> um<00
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on April 1 at the State Capitol and heard four measures. HCR 45/HR 38 urged the Public Utilities Commission to support transferring regulatory authority over motor carriers, water carriers, and other transportation means to the Department of Transportation; both the PUC and DOT testified in support, and members discussed that the resolution was largely symbolic because statutory changes would still be needed. HCR 58/HR 54 requested a geothermal energy working group; the Consumer Advocate, PUC, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and Life of the Land supported it, while Students for Justice in Palestine at UH opposed it, citing an active injunction, environmental risks, and the need to prioritize Native and local community voices. Members asked about the injunction and community representation, and the PUC said it would support including Hawaiian community members in the working group. HCR 91/HR 87 sought insurance coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices; a 14-year-old amputee testified in support, describing the need for sports prosthetics and arguing that coverage should allow people with limb loss to participate fully in school and athletics. HCR 102/HR 98 urged the Real Estate Commission to allow the salesperson exam to be administered in Japanese for timeshare sales; the Real Estate Commission opposed, while ARDA supported it, arguing there is a shortage of bilingual real estate professionals and that Japanese-language testing would help the timeshare industry and Japanese visitors. Members questioned the limited-license concept and public protection concerns, and the committee later amended the measure to a limited real estate salesperson’s license for timeshare sales, changing the target from Japanese-speaking visitors to Japanese nationals, before passing all four measures out of committee, with HCR 102 passing with amendments and the others passing as is.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (01/21/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • committee's charge is as it relates to, um, estimating the unrestricted funds for the General Fund, Fish
  • So, like for Fish and Game, you're only doing about $13 million of revenue estimates, when they spend
  • You do the same thing for the highway fund and for the Fish and Game Fund.
  • game fund and I noticed that the fishing game fund and I noticed that represent<00:13:40.320> Brier
  • You do it for your general funds, highway funds, and then your fishing and game fund.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee received an overview from Chris of the Legislative Budget Assistance Office on how it will estimate unrestricted revenues for the General Fund, Education Trust Fund, Highway Fund, and Fish and Game Fund. He explained that the committee’s work is based on current law, not pending bills, and that the estimates will feed into a House resolution and an amendment to House Bill 1, the operating budget. He also described the broader budget process, including how House and Senate estimates are reconciled, how surplus statements account for revenue changes from enacted bills, and how a committee of conference could resolve differences later in the session. No votes were taken. Members then asked about why the Education Trust Fund was running below plan. Chris said the shortfall appeared to be driven largely by business taxes, including differences in the BET/BPT split and improved tax-processing systems that better track where business tax payments belong. Representative Orr also asked about tobacco tax collections and out-of-state sales; Chris said tobacco revenue was likely overestimated in 2023 based on COVID-era patterns, with more people smoking at home, and noted that e-cigarette tax revenue goes to the General Fund while cigarette taxes are split between the General Fund and Education Trust Fund. He said he did not have a specific estimate for cross-border sales. Commissioner Lindsay St. Pierre of the Department of Revenue then began a deeper dive into the department’s role and the taxes it administers. She reviewed the department’s mission, organizational structure, taxpayer services, and the tax policy and legislative analysis staff who prepare fiscal notes and testify on bills. She noted that the department administers about $2.9 billion in revenue across major taxes such as business taxes, meals and rooms, and utility property tax, and that the figures being discussed were preliminary because the annual report had not yet been issued. The discussion was informational only, with no formal action taken.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Session Apr 30th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Examples are fishing, camping, bicycling, hiking, nature study, swimming, Boating, canoeing, horseback
  • We require conservation-based public outdoor recreational uses, including, as I mentioned before, fishing
  • recreational resources must not significantly invade, degrade, or displace the natural resources, native
Bills: HCR35, SJR59, SJR84, SCR30, SB127, SB317, SB324, SB457, SB506, SB511, SB529, SB547, SB584, SB619, SB636, SB646, SB659, SB715, SB732, SB735, SB771, SB784, SB800, SB801, SB904, SB1026, SB1049, SB1065, SB1181, SB1224, SB1250, SB1383, SB1467, SB1524, SB1528, SB1531, SB1568, SB1585, SB1640, SB1681, SB1754, SB1757, SB1777, SB1972, SB1980, SB2007, SB2041, SB2046, SB2050, SB2055, SB2069, SB2080, SB2119, SB2138, SB2139, SB2154, SB2201, SB2225, SB2268, SB2306, SB2308, SB2310, SB2330, SB2366, SB2375, SB2392, SB2401, SB2422, SB2480, SB2514, SB2530, SB2533, SB2543, SB2544, SB2589, SB2610, SB2615, SB2623, SB2660, SB2662, SB2693, SB2695, SB2707, SB2722, SB2742, SB2753, SB2807, SB2843, SB2844, SB2858, SB2880, SB2885, SB2891, SB2925, SB2938, SB2986, SJR3, SJR18, SB5, SB914, SB963, SB1197, SB1415, SB1437, SB1786, SB326, SB767, SB769, SB783, SB1035, SB1271, SB1619, SB1637, SB1806, SB1, SB260, HB135, HB 1109, HCR35, HCR64, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR84, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SCR30, SCR3, SB2023, SB619, SB2742, SB646, SB1026, SB2880, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB529, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB584, SB1085, SB2046, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB1757, SB2050, SB2458, SB2201, SB2660, SB2662, SB1065, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1721, SB2366, SB1013, SB2797, SB2383, SB1754, SB2119, SB2448, SB1777, SB1283, SB2392, SB2076, SB2786, SB2876, SB2284, SB2225, SB1540, SB2929, SB1972, SB2540, SB2595, SB2217, SB715, SB2330, SB1383, SB500, SB1640, SB2001, SB2080, SB506, SB2514, SB2753, SB2398, SB1241, SB2927, SB2173, SB2538, SB898, SB1449, SB2529, SB1531, SB2846, SB2476, SB986, SB1181, SB2075, SB2154, SB2864, SB1359, SB2386, SB771, SB2844, SB2550, SB1351, SB1423, SB1931, SB2245, SB2589, SB2707, SB2807, SB410, SB659, SB2776, SB2693, SB2580, SB1980, SB1886, SB1234, SB739, SB456, SB127, SB1666, SB2843, SB2801, SB800, SB2055, SB784, SB2986, SB735, SB1012, SB324, SB2926, SB2938, SB2007, SB2138, SB1242, SB2615, SB1049, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB1568, SB2841, SB2885, SB3016, SB2858, SB2610, SB2139, SB1856, SB2035, SB2308, SB2306, SB2041, SB1528, SB1681, SB1141, SB2401, SB2530, SB2375, SB547, SB1266, SB1373, SB1467, SB2069, SB2269, SB2480, SB2544, SB672, SB904, SB2695, SB2891, SB2422, SB2543, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB457, SB2357, SB2721, SB243, SB1285, SB2568, SB1959, SB1442, SB1454, SB2520, SB2541, SB1708, SB1237, SB1844, SB1586, HB1392, HB22, SB1551, SB3039, SB2819, SB66, SB629, SB1015, SB2342, SB2903, SB2933, SB1965, SB2477, SB3029, SB2605, SB2419, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB628, SB2523, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2778, SB3044, SB2965, SB2521, SB865, SB127, SB506, SB529, SB584, SB659, SB735, SB771, SB784, SB800, SB1049, SB1383, SB1531, SB1568, SB1681, SB1972, SB1980, SB2007, SB2041, SB2046, SB2050, SB2080, SB2225, SB2306, SB2308, SB2366, SB2392, SB2544, SB2610, SB2660, SB2662, SB2807, SB2843, SB2844, SB2885, SB2938, SB2986, SB324, SB1065, SB1754, SB2330, SB2693, SB2858, SR448, SR463, HCR35, SB324, SB619, SB646, SB1026, SB1065, SB1754, SB2330, SB2693, SB2742, SB2858, SB2880, SB3063, HJR5, HJR98, HB 109, HB 114, HB388, HB421, HB431, HB879, HB 1244, HB1399, HB1445, HB1672, HB1695, HB1734, HB1875, HB1893, HB1950, HB2152, HB2217, HB2558, HB2559, HB2775, HB2789, HB2809, HB2856, HB3012, HB3126, HB3135, HB3163, HB3229, HB3306, HB3513, HB3770, HB4134, HCR56, HCR102, SB3063, HJR5, HJR98, HB 109, HB 114, HB388, HB421, HB431, HB879, HB 1244, HB1399, HB1445, HB1672, HB1695, HB1734, HB1875, HB1893, HB1950, HB2152, HB2217, HB2558, HB2559, HB2775, HB2789, HB2809, HB2856, HB3012, HB3126, HB3135, HB3163, HB3229, HB3306, HB3513, HB3770, HB4134, HCR56, HCR102
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (03/10/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • What we are trying to prevent are people basically engaging in fishing expeditions without a warrant,
  • What we are trying to prevent are people basically engaging in fishing expeditions without a warrant,
  • What we are trying to prevent are people basically engaging in fishing expeditions without a warrant,
  • What we are trying to prevent are people basically engaging in fishing expeditions without a warrant,
  • What we are trying to prevent are people basically engaging in fishing expeditions without a warrant,
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 051 Mar 6th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, I could say perhaps that my native language is Greenlandic. Why Greenlandic?
  • Often considered very difficult for non-natives to master.
  • Uh, she also speaks Taiwanese, uh, which is her native tongue. Taiwanese is an unwritten language.
  • We also have some of our Native American and indigenous languages as well.
  • We have some of our Native American languages here in Colorado that are also unwritten.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal from March 4, 2026. Members then made a series of announcements recognizing visiting groups, including emergency managers, community health centers, the Colorado Chamber Alliance, medical equipment providers, the League of Women Voters, and upcoming committee meetings and Denver Zoo Day. The chamber also moved several bills to special orders later in the day. The House then took up third reading of several bills. House Bill 1026, expanding plan options for the Public Employees Retirement Association, passed 49-13. House Bill 102, concerning access to behavioral health providers and licensure for clinical social workers, passed 51-13. House Bill 1205, updating state law to reflect federal good neighbor authority agreements, passed 63-1. House Bill 1145, on water quality and mobile home parks, passed 42-12. House Bill 107, improving use of distributed energy resources, passed 48-16. House Bill 1127, requiring a report after fatal motor vehicle crashes, passed 42-22. House Bill 1277, continuing the kidney disease prevention and education task force, passed unanimously 64-0. The chamber then considered House Bill 1081, which would require utilities to evaluate advanced transmission technologies to improve Colorado’s electric transmission system. Members debated amendments, including L007 and L004, both of which were adopted, while L006 was rejected. Supporters said the bill would help reduce costs, improve reliability, and better use existing infrastructure; opponents of L006 argued it would add unnecessary mandates and costs. After amendment, House Bill 1081 passed. The House also took up House Bill 1228, creating an additional pathway to licensure for marriage and family therapists, which passed unanimously. House Bill 1120, implementing mobile home taxation task force recommendations to protect mobile homeowners’ equity and align tax sale procedures with constitutional requirements, was then considered; the finance committee report was adopted, and debate continued on a proposed amendment as the transcript ended.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-02-04 - 1:00PM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the woods, a curated story hour, and our Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, along with our Fish
  • the woods, a curated story hour, and our Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, along with our Fish
Keywords: 927, senate, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 56 (3-31-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 506, an act relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.
  • House Bill Fish and Wildlife Resources.
  • Senate Bill 39, an act relating to fishing in privately owned lakes and ponds.
  • Bottoms II to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, Senator Elkins.
  • Bottoms II to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.
Bills: HB567, HB776, HB2, HB568, HB619
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House passes the omnibus education policy bill, SF1740 5/16/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're great vacation spots, fishing spots, and all the things that come with them.
  • My uncle used to tell me that a bad day of fishing always beats a good day of school.
  • <00:16:23.199> always me that a bad day of fishing always me that a bad day of fishing always
  • I do not think that a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at school.
  • I do not think that a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at school.
Keywords: 1183, house
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice May 27th, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm an attorney and the executive director of the Native American Disability Law Center.
  • We focus, um, at the Law Center on representing Native American kids in, um, custody to ensure that their
  • frustration, um, and the, and the inability to access appropriate services for these children, both Native
  • So if a child, if a native child is domiciled within a tribal Pueblo community, then that, for instance
  • Um, but the, the systemic challenges that are facing native children in CYFD custody are similar to the
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

PBS Info Briefing - Thu Aug 28, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Natives are a lot more resilient, a lot more drought resistant, a lot more fire resistant.
  • We'll start looking at how we can plant natives in those zones just to make sure that we can be more
  • at at planting natives in those areas. at at planting natives in those areas.
  • <00:57:26.640> resilient,<00:57:27.359> um<00:57:27.440> a Natives are a lot
  • in those zones just to make sure natives in those zones just to make sure that<00:57:52.079> we
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Public Safety held an informational briefing on hazard mitigation planning and recent tsunami and wildfire threats. Chair Dela Buladi opened by framing the meeting around the need for iterative disaster planning and lessons learned from events such as the Lahaina wildfires, the Puna Coast earthquake/tsunami, and recent wildfire activity. The committee heard first from Hawaii County Civil Defense Administrator Tomage Magno, who explained the federal and local hazard mitigation planning process, including the requirement for an active five-year mitigation plan to qualify for federal disaster funds. He described the plan as a living document built from prior plans, public and agency outreach, risk and capability assessments, and ongoing updates, with county departments, state agencies, and subject matter experts participating in the process. Magno outlined several FEMA-related mitigation funding programs, including flood mitigation assistance, post-fire assistance, pre-disaster mitigation, revolving loan funds, and dam safety grants. He emphasized that the Hawaii County plan was recently approved by FEMA, that the county council approves the plan, and that the county reviews it annually with a formal revision process beginning in the fourth year. Members asked about how the plan tracks project status, how priorities and funding changes are handled, and whether federal funding programs might be affected by HR1; Magno said the county is proceeding on the assumption that funding will remain available and noted some sources have been reestablished. He also said the county encourages council participation in meetings and planning. Department of Transportation Director Ed Sniffen then addressed the committee on DOT’s response to a recent tsunami threat, saying the agency had about four hours to prepare before the first wave arrival and was focused on its own operational response rather than the broader statewide planning process. In response to questions, he stated that FHWA funds cannot be used for evacuation routes, which is why prior legislative funding was important. Members also discussed specific mitigation projects such as fire breaks, bridge retrofits, and the Singing Bridge, with DOT noting that work is underway and that a replacement bridge upstream is being planned to carry traffic during repairs. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the informational briefing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/5/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:46:58.680> Americans the N the portrayers of Native Americans the N the portrayers of
  • Native Americans were<00:46:59.359> people<00:46:59.559> who<00:46:59.720> lived
  • Wild West um kind of portrayal of Native Wild West um kind of portrayal of Native Americans<00:47
  • :09.559> we<00:47:09.720> have<00:47:09.920> many<00:47:10.160> Native<00
  • :47:10.440> American Americans we have many Native American Americans we have many Native American
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Agriculture & Livestock Apr 22nd, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • 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...
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.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Agriculture & Livestock Apr 22nd, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • 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
Bills: HB5085
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Warren is a native of Boxford, and he joined the town in 1986 as a dispatcher.
  • career in communications as a merchant marine, and after returning to Boxford, where he was also a native
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Senate took up several routine matters, beginning with the Pledge of Allegiance and then considering a bill directing the Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for Antonio Pierce (Senate No. 27). The Senate suspended the rules, ordered the bill to a third reading, and then passed it to be engrossed. The chamber also approved final passage of House No. 4565, an act establishing a special recognition for Marie Lantra, an employee of the Department of Transitional Assistance, and the bill was laid before the Governor for approval. The Senate then received House No. 4814, a bill authorizing the town of Westwood to reissue certain alcohol licenses and grant additional off-premises alcohol licenses. On motion of Senator Tarr, the rules were suspended to consider the matter forthwith, and the bill was ordered to a third reading. No objections were raised to any of these procedural actions. The session also included recognition of two retiring Boxford public safety communications employees, Warren Edward Gould and Ronald, with remarks praising the importance of dispatchers and communications staff in public safety. The Senate adopted an order to adjourn to meet again on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m., and then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/24/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, the new law adds new exemptions for American Indians, Alaskan natives, urban Indians, and California
  • Finally, the new law adds new exemptions for American Indians, Alaskan natives, urban Indians, and California
  • Finally, the new law adds new exemptions for American Indians, Alaskan natives, urban Indians, and California
  • Finally, the new law adds new exemptions for American Indians, Alaskan natives, urban Indians, and California
  • value of SNAP benefits over Finally, the new law adds new exemptions for American Indians, Alaskan natives
Keywords: 1187, senate, all