House Health & Human Services

Wednesday, February 25, 2026·5h 22m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Health & Human Services Committee killed a Republican-sponsored bill to create a 'pregnancy advance directive' form on a 7-6 vote and advanced a rewritten assisted-living information bill to Finance over a lone dissent, while also clearing a Black maternal health measure and an immunization-access bill.

Key Actions

·Measures to Improve Black Maternal Health EquityPassed

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Notable Quotes

“My daughter was a stillbirth, not an abortion, not an aborted fetus. I lost her. If I'd had the chance to fill out this form and there was a choice, I. I would have written down in this form to save my baby. And parents like me deserve the right to be able to do that. So. Thank you.”
Brandi Bradley — The Republican co-sponsor's personal disclosure was the emotional peak of debate on a form meant to let a pregnant patient's wishes be known when she cannot speak.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (13)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Dusty Johnson, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Dan Woog, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

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

No (6)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Regina English, Dusty Johnson, Dan Woog

Referred to Committee on FinanceAction

Yes (12)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Dan Woog, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist

No (1)Dusty Johnson

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (8)Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist, Katie Stewart

No (5)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Dusty Johnson, Dan Woog

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TranscriptPreview

Okay. The Health and Human Services Committee will come to order. Our first. We're going to see. We are going to hear four bills today. Two are going to have been laid over for action to today. We are going because of the amount of people we have signed up, which we're so grateful that people are engaging, but we want to make sure we get to everyone. So testimony is going to be limited to two minutes and we will have panels of questions that. That will be limited to 10 minutes. We have a lot of important heavy topics today, so just want to remind everyone, we all come from different perspectives and please remain focused on the bill and respectful to our colleagues to the folks that are testifying. So with that, we will turn it over to Representative Kelty to talk. We're going to take the roll first. Moving too quickly. Sorry, Mr. Shidoun, could you please take the roll? Of course. Representatives Barron. President Redfield. Here. Bradley. Here. English. Here. Frey. Here. Tamrick. Here. Johnson. Here. McCormick. Here. Brighton. Here. Stewart. Here. Woog. He's on his way. Excused. Leader. President. Madam Chair. Here. Okay, now…

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