HB1132: Bill Hearings & Public Record

HB1132 - School Censorship

• Official Title: prohibiting the display of certain flags in public schools and public charter schools and establishing penalties for the display of prohibited flags.

• Bill Sponsors: (Prime) Freeman (R), Colcombe (R), Ford (R), Harvey-Bolia (R), Litchfield (R), Miner (R), Thibault (R), Avard (R)

• Bill Hearings & Public Record (this record is a work-in-progress)

• Summary: This bill only allows official flags in school buildings, effectively banning pride flags. Also important to note - this bill additionally bans flags that are not state, United States, or school-specific. This means no flags that honor a student’s heritage, celebrate a cherished sports team, or reference someone’s favorite charity. The committee hearings & public record of the bill can be watched and reviews at the “Bill Hearings & Public Record” linked above.

  • BILL UPDATE:

    • Committee hearing scheduled for 01/28/26 at 2:00pm at 1 Granite Place, Concord, NH with the House Education Policy and Administration Committee. Committee hearing lasted 22 minutes.

    • Executive Session on 03/02/26 included the introduction of an amendment that clarified flags can be used for educational purposes (including pride flags) but no flags that are not official state or federal flags can be displayed in the classroom if not directly related to a classroom lesson (including pride flags and the flags of home countries of exchange students, sports teams, etc). Executive Session lasted 15 minutes.

    • House Education Policy Committee Executive Session on 03/02/26: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0767h (10-8) Minority Committee Report: ITL Inexpedient to Legislate on 03/02/26

    • Headed to House for full floor vote (03/11/26)

    • House vote OTPA on 03/11/26182y-156n; headed to Senate. Floor remarks & vote lasted 9 minutes.

    • Introduced to Senate on 03/12/26 and referred to Senate Executive Departments and Administration Committee

    • Public hearing in Senate Executive Departments and Administration Committee ‍(04/08/26 at State House, Room 103, 9:10am). Hearing lasted 55 minutes.

    • IN EXEC

  • TOTAL TIME SPENT ON HB1132: 1 hour, 41 minutes