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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
Holodomor, Ukraine famine, 1932-1933 famine, genocide recognition, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, collectivization, grain confiscation, human rights, Ukraine, Ukrainian people, Russian aggression, Vladimir Putin, foreign affairs, sense of the House, commemorative resolution, historical remembrance, Soviet repression, Kremlin denial, Ukraine sovereignty
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Bills:
HB2323 , HB6644 , SB629 , HB8882 , HB8881 , HB8880 , HB8879 , HB4238 , HR915 , HR826 , HB7401 , HB7396
Keywords:
Big Bend National Park, land acquisition, boundary adjustment, Secretary of the Interior, conservation, Holodomor, Ukraine famine, 1932-1933 famine, genocide recognition, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, collectivization, grain confiscation, human rights, Ukraine, Ukrainian people, Russian aggression, Vladimir Putin, foreign affairs, sense of the House
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF1621, CelluComp, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, appropriation, grant, commercialization, fiber-based barrier packaging, packaging materials, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, plastic reduction, sustainable packaging, environmental health, materials innovation, bio-based packaging, food packaging, agriculture finance, one-time grant, state subsidy
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- It requires a confiscated telecommunication device to be released only to the student's parent or legal
- I think the bill gives additional restrictions about when the phone is confiscated, how phones are stored
- when the additional restrictions about when the phone<00:03:04.720><c> is</c><00:03:05.040><c> confiscated
- > um</c><00:03:06.640><c> how</c><00:03:06.879><c> phones</c><00:03:07.360><c> are</c> phone is confiscated
- um how phones are phone is confiscated um how phones are stored<00:03:08.480><c> and</c><00:03:08.800
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
telecommunication devices, student use, public schools, student engagement, educational outcomes, confiscation policy, mental health, statewide policy, community literacy, education, Title I funding, reading proficiency, underserved communities, family engagement, tutoring, literacy support, adult education, community education, literacy programs, workforce development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Likewise on our grain fees that we had talked about, those changes and that fee structure and that pricing
- Uh likewise on our grain<00:04:53.680><c> fees</c><00:04:54.560><c> um</c><00:04:54.720><c> that</c><
- 04:54.960><c> we</c><00:04:55.199><c> had</c><00:04:55.440><c> had</c><00:04:55.680><c> talked</c> grain
- fees um that we had had talked grain fees um that we had had talked about<00:04:56.720><c> uh</c><00
- back to the introducing small grains back to the landscape.<00:12:46.800><c> Um,</c><00:12:47.440><c
Bills:
HF2446
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> you're going to be getting into grain you're going to be getting into grain farming,<00:44:32.079
- </c><01:20:39.840><c> Um,</c> could be opened up to grain farmers.
- Um, could be opened up to grain farmers.
- </c> increases for uh inspecting grain increases for uh inspecting grain elevators. elevators. elevators
- a safety net for grain farmers.
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They were looking to increase fees in a couple areas: food handler fees and also in the grain inspection
- Revenue had to transfer, I wanted<01:31:42.719><c> to</c><01:31:42.880><c> say</c><01:31:43.040><c> confiscate
- ,</c><01:31:43.520><c> but</c><01:31:43.679><c> I'll</c><01:31:43.840><c> say</c> wanted to say confiscate
- , but I'll say wanted to say confiscate, but I'll say transfer<01:31:44.400><c> because</c><01:31:44.639
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Spent grain byproducts are the leftover grains produced during brewing and distilling.
- You know, spent grains are an incredible supplement to cattle.
- Used and donated about 50,000 pounds of grain.
- We buy grain and malt from Canada, the Northern States, and Germany, but we're most proud of the grain
- That's why we don't eat our grain.
Bills:
HB249 , HB 1186 , HB2313 , HB2408 , HB2508 , HB2730 , HB2974 , HB3045 , HB3232 , HB3336 , HB3710 , HB4044 , HB4236 , HJR133 , HB249
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
ad valorem taxes, property taxes, homestead exemption, disabled veterans, senior citizens, tax payments, installment payments, municipal tax revenue, hotel, convention center, tax code, economic development, local government, municipality, tax revenue, qualified projects, municipal taxation, hotel project, municipality funding, veteran
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:31:30.960><c> this</c> maybe maple syrup and local grains this maybe maple syrup and local grains
- The grain industry understands MDA's grain program is operating at a loss and needs to find a way to
- grain Bond requirement by repealing the grain Bond requirement and<01:20:39.400><c> changing</c><01:
- there, they're not storing grain.
- </c> charging a fee of where there's no grain charging a fee of where there's no grain being<01:26:13.440
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- counties, providing them not only with local fresh produce but also other Minnesota-grown things such as grains
- c><00:48:37.319><c> things</c><00:48:37.880><c> such</c><00:48:38.079><c> as</c><00:48:38.280><c> grains
- </c> Minnesota grown things such as grains Minnesota grown things such as grains Beef<00:48:40.000><c
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
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
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The grain indemnity fund is the grain indemnity fund, and nothing that we do in this bill today prevents
- The grain indemnity fund is the grain indemnity fund, and nothing that we do in this bill today prevents
- </c> This is this is this is the grain This is this is this is the grain indemnity<00:25:50.080><c> fund
- </c> says, "Yep, this is indeed the grain says, "Yep, this is indeed the grain indemnity<00:26:05.279
- The grain indemnity fund is the grain<00:26:18.080><c> indemnity</c><00:26:18.640><c> fund</c><00:26:
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
eggs, donation, quality assurance, food assistance, charitable programs, agriculture, grain indemnity, financial security, crop insurance, Minnesota agriculture, farm assistance, down payment, state funding, loan modification, rotational grazing, grazing management, livestock, pasture management, soil health, erosion control
IA
Committee:
Joint Ways and Means
Keywords:
sports wagering, income tax, gambling winnings, tax withholding, Iowa tax law, revenue, sales tax, electronic filing, tax returns, Department of Revenue, financial reporting, grain dealers, warehouse operators, indemnity fund, bankruptcy claims, fees, market regulation, claims reimbursement, cigarette regulation, tobacco taxation
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 28th, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Bills:
HB85 , HB94 , HB276 , HB323 , HB374 , HB586 , HB656 , HB998 , HB1204 , SB42 , SB46 , SB51 , SB87 , SB110 , SB154
Committee:
House Administration of Criminal Justice
Keywords:
animal abuse, registry, law enforcement, felony offenses, public notification, firearms, due process, confiscation, law-abiding citizen, government funding, self-defense, bail, contradictory bail hearing, Gwen's Law, pretrial detention, criminal procedure, child sexual abuse, child rape, sexual battery, oral sexual battery
IA
Committee:
Joint Transportation
Keywords:
vehicle recycling, junk vehicles, title certificate, vehicle acquisition, Iowa law, penalties, vehicle lien, electric bicycles, low-speed vehicles, pedestrian conveyances, maximum power output, transportation, mobility devices, agriculture, farm products, raw farm products, gross weight exemption, overweight trucks, truck weight limits, commercial vehicles
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Are forage or grain crops more or less likely to uptake CWD prions?
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
beginning farmers, agriculture, loans, economic opportunity, farmers' equity, agriculture appropriations, farm to school, early care, child care food program, school lunch program, local food, Minnesota agriculture, food access, farm-to-institution, limited market access, county fairs, biofuels, E25, ethanol, meat processing
MN
Bills:
HF220 , HF230 , HF240 , HF241 , HF295 , HF429 , HF490 , HF505 , HF574 , HF576 , HF581 , HF865 , HF918 , HF1085 , HF1449 , HF1452 , HF1454 , HF602
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF220, Minnesota transportation, highway user tax distribution fund, trunk highway fund, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, transportation finance, dedicated funds, funding restrictions, arts in transportation, cultural strategies, transportation project planning, project design, project construction, placemaking, public art, infrastructure spending, state statutes 161.045, HF230, Wyoming
MN
Bills:
HF220 , HF230 , HF240 , HF241 , HF295 , HF429 , HF490 , HF505 , HF574 , HF576 , HF581 , HF865 , HF918 , HF1085 , HF1449 , HF1452 , HF1454 , HF602
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF220, Minnesota transportation, highway user tax distribution fund, trunk highway fund, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, transportation finance, dedicated funds, funding restrictions, arts in transportation, cultural strategies, transportation project planning, project design, project construction, placemaking, public art, infrastructure spending, state statutes 161.045, HF230, Wyoming
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, and in fact, the slungshot would not be confiscated by TSA.
- </c><00:14:42.480><c> I've</c> would not be confiscated by TSA.
- I've would not be confiscated by TSA.
- </c> that a gentleman who was growing grain that a gentleman who was growing grain on<00:29:56.559><c
- You understand their argument that it'll have a ripple effect, the tiny thing just like the grain.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><03:53:10.239><c> it</c> authorities would come and confiscate it authorities would come and confiscate
- </c><03:56:39.800><c> or</c> squirrel shall not be confiscated or squirrel shall not be confiscated or
- </c><04:03:21.120><c> or</c> scroll shall not be confiscated or scroll shall not be confiscated or euthanized
- </c> of why that you why that confiscation of why that you why that confiscation might<04:03:30.880><
- </c> that animal immediately be confiscated that animal immediately be confiscated or<04:06:54.399><c
Summary:
The committee first held a work session on HB 505, which would allow the sale of freeze-dried foods produced in homestead food operations. Members raised concerns about the bill’s broad language, especially the provision stating freeze-dried food would not be considered potentially hazardous. Several suggested narrowing the bill to specific products such as processed foods, berries, fruit, dairy products, ice cream, or vegetables, and requiring use of commercial freeze-drying equipment rather than dehydrators. There was also discussion of oxygen absorbers, moisture control, sanitation, and whether the issue should be handled in statute or rules. By the end of the discussion, members generally agreed the topic should be treated in a separate section of law rather than folded into the existing homestead food license, and the chair said the matter would be sent to the food safety subcommittee, with the possibility of a study committee if more time was needed.
The committee then moved to HB 277, a technical correction to the animal cruelty statutes. Representative Bixby explained that current law refers to a “colt,” which applies only to male baby horses, leaving fillies unaddressed; the bill would replace “colt” with “foal” and make related wording changes so the restriction applies to any horse under 90 days old not being nursed by its dam. The New Hampshire Farm Bureau testified in support, saying the change was requested to clarify and modernize the statute and that the issue had been identified during work on related animal cruelty legislation.
No votes were taken in the portion provided. The chair recessed the work session until 11:00 a.m. and announced that Representative Ktoa would take over the hearing on HB 277.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Since schools are not considered a household, vapes confiscated by schools cannot be considered household
- I confiscated them and accumulated an entire wide filing cabinet full of vapes.
- Assembly Bill 998 will address these challenges by allowing schools to safely dispose of confiscated
- Vapes that are confiscated by a school from students should be acceptable at our HHW facilities.
- We should be able to manage them as HHW because the schools are confiscating them in loco parentis.
Summary:
The committee heard a series of environmental safety and toxic materials measures, with several bills moving forward on unanimous or near-unanimous votes to Appropriations. Early in the meeting, the consent calendar was approved, including AB 372, AB 455, AB 1096, AB 1102, and AB 754. AB 362 by Assembly Member Ramos, which would recognize tribal beneficial uses of water and strengthen consultation and protection for tribal water uses, drew strong support from tribes and environmental groups. Water agencies and local government representatives opposed unless amended, raising concerns about CEQA requirements, co-management language, and conflicts with existing water law. The bill advanced to Appropriations, with some members voting aye and others not voting or absent.
AB 728 by Assembly Member Lee would require age verification for the sale of certain anti-aging skin care products to minors. The author and a youth witness described social media-driven use of adult skin products by children and alleged skin damage, while supporters argued age checks are a reasonable consumer protection. Dermatologists and retailers opposed the bill, saying it could restrict legitimate acne and other medical uses of over-the-counter products, create compliance problems, and lacked a clear scientific basis. The committee discussed possible ambiguity in the bill’s definition of anti-aging products, but the measure still passed to Appropriations.
AB 532 on low-income water rate assistance, AB 773 on copper-based anti-fouling paint, AB 998 on household hazardous waste disposal of vape pens, AB 1031 on geothermal hazardous waste fees, and AB 864 on solar panel hazardous waste and recycling all received strong support and advanced to Appropriations. Supporters for AB 532 emphasized water affordability and local program authority; AB 773 supporters said conflicting state water and pesticide rules are creating confusion for harbors and cities; AB 998 was presented as a practical way to let schools and local facilities dispose of confiscated vape devices safely; AB 1031 was framed as reducing DTSC fee burdens on geothermal development in Imperial County; and AB 864 would ease recycling and reuse of end-of-life solar panels. The committee also began hearing AB 1264 on ultra-processed foods in school meals, with the author and supporters arguing it would phase out the most harmful ultra-processed foods from school meals by 2032, but the transcript cuts off before the full discussion and any action on that bill.