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The 603 Equality Civic Education Initiative creates a multi-pronged approach to engaging, informing, and empowering voters who care about LGBTQIA issues. An important part of that is by Tracking legislation that touches the LGBTQIA+ community and providing updates and information on how NH residents can effectively engage with proposed legislation at every stage.
🪦SB268: Bill Hearings & Public Record
SB268 Retained from last year, this bill legalizes discrimination for bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, and prisons. Biological sex is not defined, nor are enforcement mechanisms. (Senate Judiciary Committee)
Official Title: permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.
Bill Sponsors: (Prime) Avard (R), Lang (R)
🪦SB211: Bill Hearings & Public Record
SB211 Retained from last year, this bill extends discrimination in sports to higher education. Though HB1205 in 2024 largely shut down trans participation in high school sports, efforts continue. (Senate Education Policy Committee)
Official Title: relative to biological sex in student athletics.
Bill Sponsors: (Prime) Avard (R), Lang (R), Innis (R), Ruth Ward (R), Abbas (R), McGough (R), Victoria Sullivan (R), Rochefort (R), Gannon (R), Pearl (R), McConkey (R), Kofalt (R), Notter (R), Pauer (R), Sirois (R)