Video & Transcript Research : 'landowner liability'

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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 13, 2026

Education

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  • House Bill 76, an exception for an annexation and landowner objections repealed.
  • House Bill 76, an exception for an annexation and landowner objections repealed.
  • So, there's the potential if you do get the 50% of the landowners that you are only making up a small
  • As we see it, this bill does just that by giving landowners the ability to object to being annexed by
  • AI developers are also protected from undue liability.
Bills: HB0076, HB0102, HB0115
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Wildlife Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Wildlife

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  • Now, some people feel like this does not protect some of our landowners.
  • However, our gaming ODIC feels like this protects their landowners.
  • Such conditions because it doesn't make them have liability insurance.
Bills: SB330, SB2069, SB2095
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 17, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

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  • But I'm saying while this project is in place, while this landowner is a part of this program, does he
  • But I'm saying while this project is in place, while this landowner is a part of this program, does he
  • >> Um, Um, so another one was on the written comments from adjacent landowners.
  • um does not reply or doesn't landowner um does not reply or doesn't even<00:37:40.400> know<00
  • the adjacent landowner is really realizing realizing realizing the<00:38:06.240> impacts<00:38
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security Apr 15th, 2025

Border Security

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  • Instead, a lessee can file the claim, but compensation goes to the landowner.
  • Instead, a lessee can file the claim, but compensation goes to the landowner, who could live hundreds
  • Thank you. these issues directly and negatively impact our landowners.
  • Instead, a lessee can file the claim, but compensation goes to the landowner.
  • of the landowner.
Bills: SB2601
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security met with a quorum and heard only one bill, Senate Bill 2601 by Senator Blanco, laid out by Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo. The bill was presented as a committee substitute to revise the Landowner’s Compensation Program created last session under SB 1133. The changes would expand eligibility to include land lessees with the landowner’s permission, cover damage to the land itself as well as structures and real property, add continuous smuggling of persons as a qualifying border crime, prohibit insurers from using claims under the program in rate calculations, and require law enforcement to provide requested border crime reports to the Attorney General within 14 days. Public testimony was unanimously supportive. Charles Maley of the South Texans Property Rights Association said the program has been beneficial and that the bill helps clean up implementation issues, including clarifying compensation for debris and pollutants left on land. Stephen Diebel of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association also supported the bill, saying it would help address fence damage, destroyed infrastructure, and other harms along the border, and that lessees who manage properties day to day should be eligible for direct compensation when they have the landowner’s permission. Members discussed border-related property damage, including vehicles crashing through fences, broken sheds, livestock escaping, and resulting highway hazards. Senator Hinojosa asked about how conflicts between landowners and lessees would be handled, and testimony indicated documentation of lease authority would be required. After public testimony closed, the committee adopted the committee substitute without objection and voted to report SB 2601 favorably to the full Senate by a 5-0 vote, recommending it as local and uncontested.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 14th, 2026

Natural Resources

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  • So if you were a landowner and you had a lease with an oil company for a pipeline or a well, and that
  • So that's one of the reasons the Landowners Association, the trucking industry, logging, Farm Bureau,
  • Does this have any effect on those or potential landowner suits?
  • So you look at the covered civil liability, and the definition of covered civil liability...
  • Covered civil liability starts off by saying a covered civil liability action for climate change defines
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 14th, 2026

Natural Resources

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  • Negligence, nuisance, product liability—all the same kind of claims that they can file currently, but
  • Does this have any effect on those or potential landowner suits?
  • Does this have any effect on those or potential landowner suits?
  • So you look at the covered civil liability, and the definition of covered civil liability... ...the definition
  • of covered civil liability starts off by saying 'covered civil liability action for climate change,'
Summary: The Senate Committee on Natural Resources met on May 14 and approved the April 29 minutes. The committee first heard HB 1056, which authorizes transfer of certain state property in Natchitoches Parish tied to a former school building now considered dilapidated and a nuisance; it was reported favorably. HB 841, described as a landman code of conduct bill and expropriation-related measure, was voluntarily deferred so the sponsor could work on additional changes over the interim. The committee then took up HB 804, the Louisiana Energy Protection Act, which would bar future lawsuits seeking climate-change damages against fossil fuel companies and other entities. Supporters said it would prevent speculative climate litigation while preserving legitimate claims for permit violations and other existing statutory causes of action. Opponents from coastal litigation and the Sierra Club argued the bill was drafted too broadly and could affect legacy cases, property rights, and regulatory enforcement; the committee adopted Amendment 3875 to grandfather existing filed cases and make the bill effective upon gubernatorial signature, then reported the bill favorably as amended. HB 621, requiring recycling of decommissioned renewable energy infrastructure and updating the state’s waste framework for modern energy components, was reported favorably. HB 637, which revises oil field site restoration fees and lowers rates for marginal, stripper, low-pressure, and incapable wells, was also reported favorably. Finally, SB 480, as amended, allowed boats to anchor in Oyster Bayou so long as they are not within an oyster lease and someone remains on board; the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably before adjourning.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We received feedback from our members on potential changes needed to ensure the landowner compensation
  • Instead, a lessee can file the claim, but compensation goes to the landowner.
  • Instead, a lessee can file the claim, but compensation goes to the landowner, who could live hundreds
  • I completely support the idea that damage should be able to be compensated to either the landowner or
  • of the landowner.
Bills: SB2601
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security met with a quorum and heard one bill, Senate Bill 2601 by Senator Blanco, laid out by Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo. The bill amends the Landowner’s Compensation Program, which was created last session and is administered by the Office of the Attorney General, to expand eligibility to land lessees, cover damage to the land itself as well as structures and real property, add continuous smuggling of persons as a covered border crime, prohibit insurers from using claims under the program in rate calculations, and require law enforcement to provide border crime reports to the Attorney General within 14 days. The committee substitute also makes the bill a legislative council draft. Public testimony was unanimously supportive. Representatives of the South Texans Property Rights Association and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association said the program has helped landowners but needed cleanup and broader access, especially for lessees who manage property day to day and may otherwise not receive compensation. Testimony also emphasized ongoing problems with fence damage, debris, pollutants, and other border-related property damage. Members asked about implementation, including how conflicts between landowners and lessees would be handled; the response was that documentation of authority and lease responsibilities would be required. After public testimony closed, the committee adopted the committee substitute without objection. Senator Hinojosa then moved that SB 2601 be reported favorably to the full Senate with the committee substitute, and the motion passed on a 5-0 vote. The bill was also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar, with no objection.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 15th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

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  • This can be initiated by a landowner.
  • Finally, Senate Bill 2523 allows a landowner to opt out of any removal efforts before an area is released
  • Property Rights Association, often known for coming in the building and testifying on behalf of landowners
  • Removed from any liability on the part of a third-party review or inspection. Yes, that's correct.
  • last week from the American Council of Engineering Companies is that an engineering professional liability
Bills: SB1708, SB2523, SB1450
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy REVISED Apr 23rd, 2026 at 09:30 am

Energy

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  • Energy facilities, solar energy facilities that measure and require owners to provide landowners access
  • This is just to protect the landowners with agreements, decommissioning, and work with local fire departments
  • amendments, and basically the reason I did that is that we are starting to see that interaction between landowners
  • That's the reason why I Filed what filed is for us to be talking about how landowners are going to be
  • Well, if anybody knows the landowner and the property rights is where I'm gonna plant my flag.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 19, 2026

Judiciary

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  • That's a group of issues or concerns that the rural electric utilities and all the landowners and a landowner
  • all the land owners and and a landowner all the land owners and and a landowner law<00:04:41.759
  • That's good for the landowners. It means the landowners can continue to use them.
  • Good thing for the landowners again.
  • <00:09:44.720> So landowner regarding that non-use. So landowner regarding that non-use.
Bills: SF0099, SF0116, SJ0006
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • Currently, under our health care liability claim statutes, some minors have an extra time period beyond
  • If we really want to offer liability justice to Texans who have been harmed, these protections cannot
  • If you want to extend the liability period, let's do that for all medical care.
  • That section of law protects landowners from liability for damage caused by things like a law enforcement
  • These are common sense protections that recognize landowners shouldn't be punished.