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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by Korky Neufeld.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Order called for “Private Members’ Statements.”
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. M 226) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025.
Pursuant to Standing Order 25, division on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. M 226) was deferred until 30 minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. M 231) intituled Veterans and First Responders Month Act, a debate arose.
On the motion of Stephanie Higginson, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 11.57 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
The Hon. Nina Krieger (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Wendy Cocchia
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 8) intituled Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2026, and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
February 18, 2026.
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
Donegal Wilson presented a petition regarding drinking water infrastructure in the South Okanagan region.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion “That the Speaker do now leave the Chair” for the House to go into Committee of Supply.
The debate continued.
On the motion of the Hon. Jagrup Brar, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
Pursuant to Standing Order 25, in consideration of second reading of Bill (No. M 226) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas — 78 | |||
| Lore Blatherwick Dhir Routledge Elmore Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Krieger Davidson Parmar Sunner Beare Greene Wickens Kang Begg Arora |
Higginson Sandhu Lajeunesse Choi Rotchford Chant Phillip Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Kahlon Chandra Herbert Whiteside Boyle Ma Yung Malcolmson |
Gibson Glumac Shah G. Anderson Chow Morissette Loewen Kindy Warbus Halford Wat Banman Hartwell L. Neufeld Van Popta Dew K. Neufeld McInnis Paton |
Day Chan Toor Hepner Giddens Dhaliwal McCall Wilson Block Stamer Gasper Tepper Mok Chapman Bird Luck Valeriote Botterell Brodie |
| Nays — 7 | |||
| Kooner Clare |
Bhangu Maahs |
Williams Kealy |
Armstrong |
Bill (No. M 226) read a second time and Ordered committed to the Select Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Bills.
And then the House adjourned at 6.16 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
Wednesday, February 25
Elenore Sturko to introduce a Bill intituled Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026.
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