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House Education

Thursday, April 16, 2026·5h 45m·▶ Watch / Listen

House Education advanced three contested measures — a bill to stock abortion medication at college health centers, a consolidation of the state's early childhood system, and a new at-risk school accountability policy — while the sponsor of a student-safety bill pulled her own amendments and laid it over. The abortion-access and at-risk bills split the panel along party lines; the early childhood bill drew two Republican no votes.

Key Actions

·Abortion Medication Access on College CampusesPassed

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Notable Quotes

I remember crying because finally someone was asking what families needed, but also wishing these supports had existed when my own child was an infant.

Stacy Terrell · witnessA parent's testimony grounding the consolidation debate in the lived gap in rural early childhood supports.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Jennifer Bacon, Lindsay Gilchrist, Eliza Hamrick, Jacque Phillips, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Matthew Martinez, Meghan Lukens
No (5)Mary Bradfield, Ava Flanell, Lori Garcia Sander, Anthony Hartsook, Chris Richardson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Jennifer Bacon, Mary Bradfield, Ava Flanell, Lori Garcia Sander, Lindsay Gilchrist, Eliza Hamrick, Jacque Phillips, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Matthew Martinez, Meghan Lukens
No (2)Anthony Hartsook, Chris Richardson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Jennifer Bacon, Lindsay Gilchrist, Eliza Hamrick, Jacque Phillips, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Matthew Martinez, Meghan Lukens
No (5)Mary Bradfield, Ava Flanell, Lori Garcia Sander, Anthony Hartsook, Chris Richardson
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TranscriptPreview
Education Committee will come to order. Mr. Beck, please call the roll. Representatives Bacon. Excused. Bradfield. Here. Flinell. Here. Garcia. Sander. Present. Gilchrist. Here. Amrick. Excused. Hartsuk. Here. Phillips. Yes. Richardson. Here. Stuart K. Here. Story. Martinez. Excused. Madam Chair. Here. And I believe Rep. Hamrick is online. She just has not been promoted to panelists, so she couldn't say here. She's here. Okay. Once I see her on the screen, I will note that she is here. And Vice Chair Martinez just walked in. Anna Lacroix was just delivered to me. Okay. So I'm going to make a quick announcement before we get into the bills. We have obviously one of the smaller committee rooms and we do have a lot of folks signed up for the varying bills today. So the first three bills that we will be hearing in this order is Senate Bill 19, House Bill 1264, Senate Bill 103, and House Bill 1335. So if you are here to testify on the first three bills, so that would be Senate Bill 19, House Bill 1264, and Senate Bill 103. We have space for you in this room. If you are here to testify on House
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