Idaho House · 2026 Session

H 494: Background checks, hlth and welfare

Third Reading · Feb. 9, 2026 · Yeas 36, nays 33 · Party-line vote

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 8 · Nay 1
Republicans
Yea 27 · Nay 32 · Absent 2

Speaker Mike Moyle voted nay.

Bill

Bill
H 494
Motion
Third Reading
Date
Feb. 9, 2026
Session
2026 Session
Yeas–nays
Yeas 36, nays 33; 1 didn't vote
Result
Passed, as the official record marks it

Acting Representative Grayson Stone voted yes in Don Hall's place (Idaho Code 67-412 lets a legislator on leave designate a substitute). The official tally counts that vote. The legislator on leave is listed as absent and excused.

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How each member voted