HB1217: Bill Hearings & Public Record

HB1217- permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.

Link to bill on General Court: https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1918&inflect=2

Links to Bill Sponsors on General Court:

(Prime) Peternel (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10579

Reinfurt (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=11364

Notter (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=639

Prudhomme-O'Brien (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=903

DeVito (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=11401

Thibault (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10980

Barbour (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10659

Kelley (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=9909

Moffett (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=7144

DeRoy (R) http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=11424

We define HB1217 as an anti-trans bathroom ban. HB1217 is a bathroom ban bill. This bill seeks to restrict access to “multi-user lavatories” on the basis of what the bill sponsor defines as “biological sex” like many of the other proposed bathroom and locker room bans this legislative season. This bill is another example of the state legislature attempting to police the movements of trans people in New Hampshire, despite two separate Governors vetoing three similar bills already.

• BILL UPDATE:

  • Introduced on 01/07/26 and referred to Judiciary Committee

  • Committee Hearing Scheduled (02/20/26 at 1 Granite Place, room 231 @ 10:00 am). 🎬Committee hearing lasted 52 minutes.

  • Recommended for Interim Study (unanimous vote from the House Judiciary Committee). 🎬Executive Session lasted 2 minutes.

  • On Consent Calendar for the House on 03/05/26; Removed from Consent Calendar on 03/04/26 for the 03/05/26 House session by: Reps. Kofalt, Mazur, Layon, Sabourin dit Choiniere, Farrington, McFarlane, Beaulier, DeVito, Sirois, McGrath, Korzen

  • House voted OTP 187 / 163 on 03/05/26 - Will go to Senate.  🎬House vote lasted 16 minutes.

  • Senate Judiciary Committee Scheduled for 04/21/26 at 1:30pm at the State House, Room 100 🎬Committee hearing lasted 59 minutes.

  • In Exec - committee recommendations expected on the Senate Judiciary Executive Session on 04/30/26 🎬Executive Session lasted 2 minutes.

  • Senate voted to lay it on the table on 05/07/26

  Total Time spent on HB1217 public hearings + votes:  2 hours, 11 minutes