House Health & Human Services

Wednesday, February 18, 2026·4h 31m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Health & Human Services Committee advanced a child advocacy center bill unanimously and moved county child-welfare prevention funding to Appropriations, but the day's most freighted debate came over HB26-1107, where wrenching family testimony about dementia care collided with nurses' warnings against letting aides inject high-alert drugs. The committee also postponed HB26-1087 indefinitely, killing it.

Key Actions

·Child Welfare Prevention Services FundingPassed

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Notable Quotes

“As a victim of child abuse, I can't say enough about these advocacy centers. Just wondering they put it out on the line for us. What's at stake if we don't change the definition for these kids.”
Brandi Bradley — A committee member disclosed her own experience as a child-abuse victim while endorsing the bill to codify how child advocacy centers operate.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (11)Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist

No (1)Scott Bottoms

Excused (1)Dusty Johnson

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

Yes (7)Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist

No (5)Scott Bottoms, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Dusty Johnson, Chris Richardson

Excused (1)Regina English

Amendment adoptedAction

Excused (1)Dusty Johnson

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (13)Regina English, Lisa Feret, Dusty Johnson, Scott Bottoms, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist

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TranscriptPreview

The Health and Human Services Committee will come to order. Mr. Shidoun, please call the roll. Representatives Bottoms. Here. Bradfield. Here. Bradley. Here. English? Here. Frey. Here. Amrick? Here. Johnson. Here. McCormick? Here. Richardson. Here. Ryden. Here. Stewart. Here. Leader. Present. Madam Chair. Here. Thank you everyone for joining. Today. We have quite a full list of bills. We are going to change up the order and do the sunset, the hemodialysis sunset bill after 11:42. And so we'll get started with 11:42 in a second. Just wanted to remind everyone, because of the amount of bills we have today and witnesses, we are limiting witness testimony to 2 minutes per witness and the panel will be 10 minutes total for questioning. We just want to make sure we get to everyone and then also we have some really tough and intense topics today. So just want to make sure everyone is respectful and that we all are coming to this with different perspectives and we can acknowledge and respect each other's perspectives. So with that, I will turn it over to the sponsors to hear 1142. Representative Taggart thank you Madam Chair, and I appreciate you moving things around…

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