Video & Transcript Research : 'burn bans'
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OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Will this be more opportunities for burn bands to be called or less? Or is it modern tech?
- So, you get a two-inch re in that period of time and then Not able to get back in to get that burn band
- the big intent is to get back to normal as quick as possible after a big rain where we can do Some burning
- Does the governor currently have to declare an emergency before a burn ban can be placed?
- Is the New criteria going to be more strict as far as burn bands because a lot of times your part of
Keywords:
poultry waste, nutrient management, environmental regulations, agriculture, water quality, pollution prevention, best management practices, noxious weeds, poison hemlock, kudzu, landowner responsibilities, environmental control, public nuisance, eradication, burn bans, fire danger, drought conditions, emergency declaration, scrap metal, regulation
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- ban exemption.
- ban.
- Second by Burns. Will there be any questions? Senator Hicks, so glad to see you this morning.
- We have a do pass by Senator Burns, seconded by Senator Hicks. Will there be questions?
- Senator Bullard, Senator Burns, Senator Green, Senator Rellener, Senator Hicks.
Keywords:
agriculture, burn bans, fire danger, drought conditions, emergency declaration, poultry waste, nutrient management, environmental regulations, water quality, pollution prevention, best management practices, HB3977, State Veterinarian, Oklahoma veterinary license, food animal veterinary practice, livestock, animal health, State Board of Agriculture, veterinary qualifications, appointed office
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Natural Resources & Energy Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Chair Burns.
- Thank you, Chair Burns.
- Representative Burns, that is it for an in-person comment.
- Representative Frank Burns, yes.
- Representative Burns, yes. No. Representative Burns, yes. Representative Collins.
Bills:
SB287
Keywords:
solid waste, recycling, universal recycling, single-stream recycling, multifamily housing, apartment recycling, commercial recycling, waste diversion, recycling grants, low-interest loans, Delaware Recycling Fund, Delaware Solid Waste Authority, DNREC, waste hauler, curbside recycling, yard waste, source-separated recycling, pay-as-you-throw, extended producer responsibility, waste bans
Summary:
The House Natural Resources and Energy Committee met and considered three Senate bills. SB 287 with Senate Amendment 2, a DNREC cleanup bill on recycling, would tighten recycling collection rules for haulers and commercial generators, require multifamily recycling education, repurpose the Delaware Recycling Fund, and add annual reporting; after brief questions and no public comment, the committee motion to release did not initially receive enough votes, so the bill was circulated for signatures. SB 346, which would speed Environmental Appeals Board hearing and decision timelines so DNREC secretary decisions become final if deadlines are missed, drew support from the Nature Conservancy and also failed to get enough votes at the meeting, so it too was circulated for signatures. The committee then took up SB 326, a major utility-regulation bill sponsored by Senator Hanson and Representative Heffernan that would cap certain non-mandatory utility spending, limit interim rates, increase oversight and transparency, and streamline rate-setting.
SB 326 generated extensive testimony and debate. Supporters, including the Public Advocate, Sierra Club, PSC staff, and some legislators, argued that Delmarva Power’s spending on non-mandatory infrastructure has risen far faster than inflation, that the company is a regulated monopoly, and that the bill would help restrain future delivery-rate increases without harming reliability because mandatory reliability, storm response, and vegetation management spending would remain allowed. Opponents, including Delmarva Power, business groups, contractors, labor representatives, and the Delaware Contractors Association, argued the cap would delay needed reliability and capacity projects, hurt economic development, reduce jobs, and interfere with utility planning; they also said supply costs, not distribution spending, are the main driver of recent bill increases. After public comment and additional questioning, the committee voted to release SB 326 on a split roll call, but because several members were absent the bill was also walked for additional signatures. The committee then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Banning handled. Halfway here. Come on, Tom Banning.
- prescribed burn managers and... ...and to expand insurance for these burn managers.
- The largest single hurdle to developing these burn managers, and the largest single risk to active burn
- That is a good thing about losses in prescribed burns.
- Burning is highly fluid.
Keywords:
HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301
TX
Keywords:
HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 5 Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Adam's here, Alonzo Sandoval here, Archer here, Banning here, Bayshore here, Blair here, Blantt Blantt
Bills:
HB2975, HB3405, HB3406, HB3728, HB3902, HB3977, SB397, HB1161, HB2938, HB2939, HB3306, HB3722, HB4113, HB4123, HB2293, HB3176, HB3545, HB3546
Keywords:
poultry waste, nutrient management, environmental regulations, agriculture, water quality, pollution prevention, best management practices, noxious weeds, poison hemlock, kudzu, landowner responsibilities, environmental control, public nuisance, eradication, burn bans, fire danger, drought conditions, emergency declaration, scrap metal, regulation
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- It's when the burn bans are actually enforceable.
- So we rely on the governor to issue a burn ban, and it's kind of been the standard of this governor not
- to issue burn bans, so leave it to the local officials.
- Just as long as we're in a drought, you're able to issue that burn ban as one of the criteria.
- What that is, even in the event that there is a burn ban in place, a farmer or rancher can go ahead and
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Tourism, Small Business, and Information Technology (7-31-25)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGLAGF4m9mI, 2026-06-21T07:17:11+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:14
Kentucky Prescribed Burn Process & How Prescribed Burning Benefits the State 00:02:43
Lighting the Way - The Future of Prescribed Fire in Kentucky 00:14:25, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
TX
Keywords:
library grants, construction, public libraries, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, community resources, livestock, rodeo, grant program, agricultural education, county fairs, funding, economic development, prescribed burn, Texas A&M Forest Service, Parks and Wildlife Department, fire safety, environmental management, agricultural conservation, land preservation, environmental protection
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Feb 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 3406 updates the burn ban statute, removes outdated references, and provides flexibility and
- Representative, do you feel like sometimes we get carried away with burn bans, and sometimes there are
- We see a fire off in the distance, so we've got to do a burn ban.
- Do you feel we'd be better off if we just totally banned all outdoor burning and never allowed people
- to burn their pastures or their woodlands?
Bills:
HB4338, HB3977, HB2100, HB2975, HB3056, HB3406, HB3720, HB4316, HB3405, HB1907, HB3142, HB3173, HB3270, HB3728, HB2440, HB2596, HB3466, HB3469, HB4338, HB3977, HB2100, HB2975, HB3056, HB3406, HB3720, HB4316, HB3405, HB1907, HB3142, HB3173, HB3270, HB3728, HB2440, HB2596, HB3466, HB3469
Keywords:
HB4338, Oklahoma Brine Development Act, brine unitization, produced water, produced water unit, oil and gas wastewater, produced water recycling, reclaimed water, constituent elements, brine rights, solution gas, Corporation Commission, unitization, royalty interests, surface owner, oil and gas produced water, recycling and reuse, wastewater disposal, mineral extraction, lithium extraction
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 6th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Burns, Burns, here. Senator Coleman, Coleman, here. Senator Daniels, Daniel's, here.
- I asked unanimous consent that Senator Burns be allowed to bring a guest onto the floor and use the floor
- Senator Burns, you're recognized to use the floor leader's mic and to bring a guest onto the floor.
- Senator Burns, President, I request permission for Jalen to use the floor leader's mic to say a few words
- Senator Burns, Mr. President, I would like to introduce her father, who is here today.
Bills:
HB4440, HJR1067, HJR1087, HB4426, HB3704, HB4311, HB3044, HB4191, HB3465, HB3972, HB3759, HB3625, HB1411, HB2980, HB3015, HB3147, HB3277, HB3323, HB3443, HB3882, HB3406, HB2975, HB3977, HB3263, HB2988, HB3404, HB1770
Keywords:
Medicaid, low-income adults, healthcare, eligibility restrictions, constitutional amendment, Medicaid expansion, SoonerCare, health coverage, federal matching funds, FMAP, Article XXV-A, state question, special election, Title 63, public assistance, healthcare funding, federal-state match, Medicaid eligibility, Oklahoma Constitution, ad valorem
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Agriculture and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh we have some people that like to burn as a no-burn things like that.
- , extremely small burns for our purposes, fire control, etc.
- , extremely small burns for our purposes, fire control, etc.
- , extremely small burns for our purposes, fire control, etc.
- , extremely small burns for our purposes, fire control, etc.
Keywords:
HB267, Alabama, minor consent, medical consent, mental health, school counseling, parental rights, parental consent, parental access to records, health information, health records, vaccine consent, school mental health services, student counseling, youth healthcare, adolescent health, emancipated minor, pregnancy care, sexually transmitted infections, STI treatment
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 21 Mar 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Present Banning. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- Representative, do you believe if we pass this bill it will result... in more burn bans.
- I'm not sure that it will result in more burn bans. Follow up, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- and to get a controlled burn.
- This bill still allows for controlled burns. It doesn't impose on any of the agricultural burns.
Bills:
HR1036, HB2975, HB3026, HB3297, HB2981, HB2978, HB4144, HB1322, HB1818, HB3194, HB3767, HB3342, HB3344, HB4170, HB3287, HB3288, HB4454, HB3264, HB3266, HB3268, HB4095, HB4115, HB4316, HB3530, HB3428, HB4272, HB4273, HB4274, HB3405, HB3406, HB3467, HB3469, HB3931
Keywords:
poultry waste, nutrient management, environmental regulations, agriculture, water quality, pollution prevention, best management practices, kindergarten, military families, education policy, school districts, international military dependents, age eligibility, towing services, Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Fund, Department of Labor, vehicle storage fees, consumer protection, nonconsensual towing, open meetings
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, the burn permit system language is in a section that describes a lot of criminal offenses.
- I do a lot of burning. So when I call in to get my permit, I give all my information and all.
- So when I call in do a lot of burning.
- >> Yes, sir. >> And, um, I understand about the middle steel burning.
- You stay there for two days on some of these burns that alone.
Keywords:
vaccination exemption, religious exemption, medical exemption, vaccine mandate, testing requirement, public schools, K-12, students, parents, guardians, higher education, college enrollment, university attendance, public institutions of higher education, immunization, religious tenets, sincerely held belief, school health policy, Alabama, AHSAA physical form
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- So, because of that, we need to administer rules for something that is already banned.
- Yes, they are already banned, but this is still happening. We've got to figure something out.
Bills:
SB1226, SB1456, SB1462, SB1463, SB1980, SB1479, SB1608, SB1923, HB2979, HB2980, HB3662, HB4107, HB3082, HB2997, HB3083, HB3055, HB2951
Keywords:
motor vehicle, accident, notification, liability, civil action, gender neutral, SB1456, Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, sunset extension, sunset law, breath alcohol testing, DUI, DWI, drunk driving, drug testing, chemical testing, field sobriety, roadside screening, blood test, saliva test
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/13/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- burn the burn heat them uh because the burn the burn heat is<00:31:48.640>
not <00:31:48.880>< - maybe we could uh get the paraquat ban. maybe we could uh get the paraquat ban.
- So uh I have this paraquat ban.
- >
doesn't you commented that burning doesn't you commented that burning doesn't necessarily<00 - Um, and you know, I'm not going to say that burning paraquat or burning containers is common, but it
Keywords:
bioincentive payments, agriculture, job creation, environmental compliance, financial reporting, waste handling, sewage sludge, PFAS regulation, environment, record retention, fertilizer disposal, pesticide disposal, environmental impact, safety regulations, burning prohibition, 1183, house
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- For harvest for food, should they be banned as well?
- And now this is a full ban of those products.
- At this time, I think a ban is necessary.
- Should we have banned light bulbs because it hurt candleakers?
- If you have a prescribed burn and it gets out of hand and burns onto the neighbor, it will help to make
Keywords:
feral swine, nuisance control, wildlife management, hunting permits, agriculture, cultivated meat, food safety, public health, misbranding, advertising, food labeling, food distribution, state regulations, hunting licenses, fishing licenses, veterans, controlled hunts, deer population, wildlife conservation, food policy
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 31st, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- ban, which, which trumps this deal.
- ban.
- I also want to tell you that the burn ban that you hear when somebody says there's a burn ban does not
- There can be a burn ban and you can still sell fireworks, um.
- The burn ban only says you can't shoot them off.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- You can just call on me. cannot ban them from using this energy cannot ban them from using this energy
- This is a ban on natural gas and propane hookups prohibition so that cities would not be able to ban
- This is a, uh, ban I just reiterate it.
- the um when they're used and burned the um when they're used and burned inside<00:07:39.120>
- I don't think any ban this in Minnesota.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House agriculture panel debates bill to ban burning of empty pesticide containers 4/13/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But one thing that hasn't changed is if you burn plastic in open burning, whether it has pesticide residue
- has another version of the paraquat ban.
- So, we would actually... paraquat ban. So, paraquat ban.
- commented that burning doesn't commented that burning doesn't necessarily<00:04:40.760>
get <00 - <00:14:34.080>
them small fraction that are burning them small fraction that are burning them
Summary:
House File 2576 was heard in committee and laid over for possible inclusion. Chair Hansen described the bill as a straightforward pesticide-container measure tied to open burning, explaining that empty pesticide containers should be rinsed and handled as solid waste rather than burned. He also noted he was not moving his A1 amendment, which had been drafted in hopes of including paraquat-ban language, and said he wanted members to consider what could be done rather than what could not.
Members asked about the history and mechanics of pesticide-container recycling, including what the containers were turned into and how residue was removed. Hansen said the earlier recycling program used triple-rinsing and then shredding the plastic into products like curbs and some park benches, with the material intended for non-human-contact uses. Department of Agriculture staff and the bill author explained that pesticide labels govern disposal, that there is not uniform label language prohibiting burning, and that collection programs already exist through ag dealers and the department.
Vice Chair Harder raised concerns that the bill was another regulation on agriculture and asked about penalties and enforcement. Hansen said any penalties would come from existing Pesticide Control Act authority, not new penalties in the bill, and that enforcement would be complaint-driven through the Department of Agriculture rather than counties. Assistant Commissioner Peter Chesnik said the language was developed in response to a Senate request and that a fiscal note may still be associated with related paraquat-ban language. After discussion, Hansen renewed his motion and the bill was laid over.