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Votes and formal actions: Senate Health & Welfare Committee, Feb. 18, 2026
Summary
The committee voted on two bills: it sent H 494 to the 14th Order for possible amendment after a failed substitute to hold, and it recommended H 526 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation; roll-call and voice-vote details are recorded below.
Summary of formal committee actions taken Feb. 18, 2026:
H 494 (Background checks — Health and Welfare): Senator Harris moved to send the bill to the 14th Order for possible amendment; Vice Chair Bjerke seconded. Senator Lenney moved to hold the bill in committee subject to the call of the Chair; Senator Zuiderveld seconded the substitute. Roll-call on the substitute: ayes — Senators Zuiderveld, Lenney, Keyser; nays — Senators Harris, Shippy, Wintrow, Vice Chair Bjerke, Chair VanOrden. The substitute motion to hold failed. The original motion to send H 494 to the 14th Order then carried by voice vote; Senator Zuiderveld asked to be recorded as voting nay.
H 526 (Cottage food operations — allow certain TCS foods under $5,000): Senator Keyser moved to send H 526 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation; Senator Shippy seconded. The motion carried by voice vote; Senator Wintrow requested to be recorded as voting nay.
No other formal motions, amendments, or votes were recorded during the meeting. The committee adjourned at 4:05 p.m.
