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• Senate Bill 2159 designates wheat as the official crop of Oklahoma. Will there be questions?

Bills: SB378, SB540, SB1061, SB1475, SB1531, SB1534, SB1684, SB1824, SB1826, SB2049

Keywords: bail bondsman, bondsman license, multicounty agent bondsman, surety bondsman, Insurance Commissioner, bail bond regulation, bond deposit, forfeiture, deposit ratio, writing capacity, license transfer, power of attorney, surety bond, bail industry, Oklahoma insurance law, financial solvency, administrative action, SB1061, Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, SAFE Act

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• I know part of it is to separate the wheat from the chaff and who's serious and who's not.
• Ancilla, the state's responsible for separating the wheat from the chaff, correct?
• But if we're not prohibited from what the private sector does to separate the wheat from the chaff, I

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We're fourth in corn production, number six in animal meats and cheese, number seven in wheat, barley

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• I run a diversified grain operation where we raise corn, soybeans, wheat, winter camelina, and covers
• <00:25:07.520> crops<00:25:07.760> like<00:25:07.919> spring<00:25:08.080> wheat
• <00:25:08.320> or harvest of crops like spring wheat or harvest of crops like spring wheat

Bills: HF1669, HF4709, HF3531, HF4048

Keywords: tax credits, sustainable aviation fuel, environmental policy, corporate franchise, Minnesota taxation, electricity generation, property tax exemption, renewable energy, incentives, economic development, fuel delivery, tax exemption, retail transactions, diesel exhaust fluid, fuel lubricants, healthcare tax, gross receipts tax, hospitals, chiropractors, healthcare providers

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• From sheep to cattle, wheat to sugar beets, and corn, agriculture is the backbone of our economy, as
• Uh, from sheep to cattle,<00:45:32.720> wheat<00:45:33.040> to<00:45:33.200> sugar
• c><00:45:33.520> beats,<00:45:33.839> and<00:45:34.000> corn, cattle, wheat to sugar
• beats, and corn, cattle, wheat to sugar beats, and corn, agriculture<00:45:35.040> is<00:45:35.200

Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

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• It's not just the program crops, the rice, the wheat, the corn, the soybeans.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture first moved through a series of animal welfare bills, reporting all of them to the floor. The measures included bills on sentencing for aggravated cruelty to animals, additional aggravated cruelty provisions, penalties for animal abandonment, requiring owners or lessors of vacated properties to inspect for abandoned animals, and restricting surgical depopulation procedures on dogs and pets. Members generally expressed support, and each bill advanced by motion and voice vote with no noted opposition or recusals; one additional bill was held by the sponsor. The committee then heard from Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard Ball, who gave an update on state and federal agriculture issues. He discussed the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center, federal farm bill negotiations, specialty crops, labor and H-2A reform, dairy margin coverage concerns, possible cuts to EQIP, organic certification funding, trade and USMCA review, tariffs and input costs, and disaster concerns affecting Long Island seafood producers. He also highlighted state programs such as Nourish New York, Dairy Modernization, farm-to-school efforts, and workforce development initiatives. Members asked questions about raw milk sales, H-2A labor, solar siting on farmland, farm-to-school expansion, tariff impacts, and support for farmers facing federal cuts and rising costs. Ball said raw milk sales remain limited to licensed on-farm sales with inspections and warnings, supported reform of H-2A and broader labor policy, urged protecting prime and actively farmed land from solar development, and emphasized the need to preserve food access programs like Nourish New York and farmers market nutrition benefits. The meeting ended after the commissioner’s testimony and member discussion, with no further formal action beyond the earlier bill reports.

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• When we think of agriculture in Northwest Minnesota, you think a lot of sugar beets, corn, wheat, soybeans
• here, you see this in this committee, for example: we have the Corn Research Promotion Council, the wheat
• And when it comes to corn and soybeans, the major seed companies have private labels for wheat and barley
• it's affirming in any way, Dean B was nodding his head as you were speaking. private labels for for wheat
• and barley private labels for for wheat and barley and<01:21:25.679> in<01:21:25.840> this

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• you have to use double, this year, maybe one of those, quite frankly, we're not going to have any wheat

Bills: SB1346, SB1509, SB1928, SB2028, SB2071, SB2110, SB2117, SB2127, SB2134, SB722, SB3

Keywords: water infrastructure, wastewater, investment program, loans, local government, SB1509, groundwater, water wells, well spacing, water rights, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, OWRB, basin, subbasin, maximum annual yield, aquifer management, water allocation, water permits, temporary permits, irrigation

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• Senator Wheat, you threw me off there, Mr. Chairman. I’m like, what? Mr.

Keywords: House Committee Room C, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• Cooper Jacobson from Prospect Valley Elementary School, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened, led the pledge, established a quorum, and approved the journal from Thursday, January 22, 2026 as corrected. The meeting then moved into announcements and introductions rather than bill debate. Members welcomed the Rocky Mountain Police and Fire Chaplain and recognized First Responder Chaplaincy Day at the Capitol, with remarks emphasizing support for first responders’ physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Several members made brief announcements about upcoming or ongoing events, including a Joint Local Government and Housing Smart Committee meeting, the livestock sale at the stock show, and a Marty GR potluck planned for February 17. One member thanked the Transportation, Housing, and Local Government Committee for canceling some presentations to speed up proceedings. The House also heard a short reading from More Than Pett Coats: Remarkable Colorado Women about Sister Blandina Segale, highlighting themes of service, charity, and overcoming prejudice. The session was light and informal, with repeated references to the Broncos and a group photo in team gear. No substantive legislation was considered, and no recorded votes occurred beyond adoption of the corrected journal. The House then recessed until later in the day.

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• heart attack survivor. from our critical access hospital from from our critical access hospital from wheat
• 00:04:29.600> So<00:04:29.919> with<00:04:30.160> that<00:04:31.040> go wheat
• So with that go wheat to Minnesota. So with that go ahead. ahead. ahead.

Bills: HF3521, HF1807, HF1270, HF2070, HF3136

Keywords: hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure

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• Chair, I want to tell you a minute about The wheat harvest that's going on in Curry County and Quay County
• The wheat turned out really well. And uh I just thank God for all that He has given us.

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• Vote machine members: Senator Wheat, yes; McMath, yes; Reese; Harris, yes; Miller, yes; Barrow, yes;

Bills: SR107, SCR53, SCR54, SCR55, SCR12, HB167, HB181, HB243, HB316, HB321, HB335, HB492, HB578, HB624, HB708, HB864, HB906, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB985, HB1005, HB1032, HB1077, HB1095, HB1104, HB1118, HB1157, HB1187, HB1189, HB1195, HB1198, HB1220, HB221, HCR58, SB283, SB338, SB488, SB520, HB90, HB127, HB138, HB150, HB201, HB268, HB273, HB285, HB315, HB354, HB355, HB360, HB376, HB445, HB506, HB606, HB649, HB665, HB681, HB721, HB746, HB757, HB781, HB835, HB844, HB857, HB872, HB886, HB889, HB892, HB972, HB982, HB987, HB1037, HB1068, HB1072, HB1078, HB1085, HB1132, HB1137, HB1167, HB1174, HB1232, HB1238, SB68, SB76, SB149, SB191, SB196, SB318, SB162, SB382, SCR33, SCR30, SB112, SB194, SB307, SB341, SB346, SB363, SB495, SB503, SB507, SB509, SB513, SB408, SB131, SB145, SB333, SB464, SB466, SB500, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB228, SB246, SB249, SB268, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB312, SB319, SB323, SB369, SB431, SB474, SB484, SB490, SB492, SB501, HCR14, HB537, HB652, HB653, HB661, HB726, HB756, HB851, HB964, HB966, HB34, HB35, HB48, HB474, HB553, HB758, HB852, HB10, HB16, HB36, HB44, HB46, HB52, HB61, HB78, HB98, HB102, HB124, HB126, HB131, HB135, HB141, HB142, HB164, HB170, HB171, HB179, HB194, HB231, HB245, HB280, HB292, HB294, HB297, HB305, HB336, HB337, HB351, HB436, HB594, HB789, HB956, HB957, HB995, HB1040, HB50, HB117, HB120, HB122, HB139, HB148, HB149, HB185, HB199, HB247, HB271, HB286, HB301, HB358, HB359, HB384, HB413, HB428, HB450, HB462, HB547, HB613, HB631, HB657, HB669, HB675, HB680, HB691, HB712, HB716, HB720, HB723, HB727, HB728, HB735, HB747, HB759, HB825, HB842, HB845, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB907, HB923, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB965, HB1036, HB287, HB370, HB515, HB521, HB570, HB1200, HB119, HB129, HB677, HB850

Keywords: condolence resolution, memorial resolution, tribute, sympathy, Joel Parker Sr., Louisiana Senate, rodeo, cowboy, horse trainer, stock and rodeo producer, black cowboy, African American history, community recognition, funeral resolution, celebration of life, Lottie Stampede Arena, Easter Sunday Rodeo, ranching, plantation work, faith community

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• And we grow a lot of wheat in the state of New Mexico and how can we as the Economic and Rural Development

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• contractor, occasioned by the resignation of Monique Cisneros of Conifer, Colorado; and Michael Kahad of Wheat
• contractor, occasioned by the resignation of Monique Cisneros of Conifer, Colorado; and Michael Kahad of Wheat
• contractor, occasioned by the resignation of Monique Cisneros of Conifer, Colorado; and Michael Kahad of Wheat
• Appointed Michael Kahad of Wheat, Colorado, to serve as a general contractor, occasioned by the resignation
• Wheat, Colorado to serve as a general Wheat, Colorado to serve as a general contractor<03:40:39.600><

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the previous day’s journal, and received a long list of bill status reports and enrollments. It also introduced Senate Bill 168, concerning reporting of money handled by legislative caucuses, and Senate Bill 169, a non-substantive revision bill for the Colorado Revised Statutes. The chamber then agreed to proceed out of order for moments of personal privilege and recognized the Denver and Colorado Springs chapters of The Links, Incorporated for Lynx Day at the Capitol. The Senate next took up a special-order consent calendar containing House Bill 1110, Senate Bill 78, and Senate Bill 151. All three committee reports and the bills themselves were adopted without objection, and the Committee of the Whole report was later adopted by a 35-0 vote. As reported, Senate Bill 78 was amended, Senate Bill 151 passed second reading and was ordered engrossed, and House Bill 1110 was amended, passed second reading, and ordered revised for third reading and final passage. The chamber then moved to special orders on Senate Bill 6 and Senate Bill 15, and the transcript focuses mainly on Senate Bill 6, which would require health insurers to offer at least one non-opioid pain medication option. Supporters argued the bill would expand access to safer pain-management alternatives, reduce opioid addiction, and encourage innovation; several members shared personal or professional experiences with opioid harms. Opponents argued the bill would mandate newer, more expensive drugs when less costly alternatives already exist and could raise health care costs. The debate continued in the excerpt, but no final vote on Senate Bill 6 is shown here.

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• Chair and members: my wife does a lot of baking, and she likes to on occasion grind her own wheat and
• 36:41.160> own she likes to on occasion grind her own she likes to on occasion grind her own wheat
• 42.760> flour<00:36:43.760> but<00:36:43.920> she<00:36:44.119> texted wheat
• and and make flour but she texted wheat and and make flour but she texted and<00:36:44.680> said<

Bills: HF44, HF2102, HF2279, HF2280, HF2281

Keywords: HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization

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• They can be planted in the fall after harvest of crops like spring wheat and corn silage, and then harvested
• They can be planted in the fall after harvest of crops like spring wheat and corn silage, and then harvested
• We run a diversified grain operation where we raise corn, soybeans, wheat, and a new winter oilseed,
• We run a diversified grain operation where we raise corn, soybeans, wheat, and a new winter oilseed,

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I mean, it was kind of mixed in the wheat, shall we say, but he had untreated PTSD, and obviously the
• mixed<01:01:39.720> in<01:01:40.039> the<01:01:40.400> the<01:01:40.520> wheat
• it was kind of mixed in the the wheat it was kind of mixed in the the wheat shall<01:01:41.000><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Processing: we buy a lot of those in stocker calves and turn them out on wheat and winter grazing.
• The two largest months to get those imports come in are November and December for wheat cattle.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• Wheat Ridge Regional Center, $161,435,612. Provider fee.
• Wheat Ridge Regional Center, Intermediate Care Facility. B14. 369.0 FTE. 15.
• Wheat Ridge Regional Center, $161,435,612. Page 237, House Bill 1410, Department of Human Services.
• One Wheat Ridge Regional Center, $2,180,718. Depreciation. B329,839,41745.
• Centers for People with Developmental Disabilities, Wheat Ridge Regional Center, Wheat Ridge Regional

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the prior journal, and heard several brief recognitions before moving to business. Members welcomed foster care advocates for Child Abuse Prevention Month, Girl Scouts visiting the Capitol, and participants in Black Maternal Health Week, with remarks emphasizing foster youth voice, leadership development, and the need for culturally competent maternal health care and doula/midwife support. The chamber then took up House Joint Resolution 1026, honoring former Governor Roy Romer and designating a portion of I-25 as the Governor Roy Romer Memorial Highway. Supporters highlighted Romer’s long public service, his work on education and infrastructure, and his role in major state projects. A proposed amendment to strike the word “memorial” was withdrawn, the House suspended the rules to allow Romer to speak from the well, and Romer offered remarks about legislative collegiality and the importance of democracy and listening to opposing views. House Joint Resolution 1026 was adopted on a 60-0 vote, with four excused and one absent. After a brief recess, the House returned to special orders and resumed reading House Bill 1410 at length, continuing through extensive appropriations language for the Department of Human Services, including child welfare, youth services, Medicaid-related transfers, SNAP and benefits administration, and other funding line items. No final action on House Bill 1410 was taken in the portion provided.