ENT Committee Session, 2/18/2026 #1

House Environment and Transportation Committee · February 18, 2026

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Opening and welcome

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Chair opens the Environment and Transportation Committee hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 18 and calls the first agenda item: HB 517 (local environmental authority).

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Speakers:Chair (unidentified)

House Environment and Transportation Committee heard testimony on a package of environmental and animal-research bills, including clarifying local environmental authority, protections for migratory and endangered species, federal regulatory monitoring, heritage-area funding, vernal-pool protections, woodland fund reporting, and animal-research transparency and modernization.

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