HB1299: Bill Hearings & Public Record

2026 LegislationCivic Education

Jan 7

Written By 603 Equality

HB1299 - permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination.

Link to bill on General Court: https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=2042&inflect=2

Links to Bill Sponsors on General Court:

(Prime) Kofalt (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=9895

Alexander (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=9165

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

Noble (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10626

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

Sheehan (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=9907

Sirois (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10653

Avard (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district12.aspx

Innis (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district07.aspx

Victoria Sullivan (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district18.aspx

Ruth Ward (R), http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district08.aspx

We define HB1299 as an Anti-Trans Bathroom & Sports Ban and Prison Segregation bill. HB1299 is a multi-faceted bill that limits access for trans folks in public restrooms, in sports settings, and designates that “biological sex” must be the determining factor in prison placement. This bill sponsor defines “biological sex” like many of the other proposed bathroom and locker room bans this legislative season on a binary, despite the vast number of variations to biological sex that exist. 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 @ 10:30 am) 🎬Committee hearing lasted 45 minutes.
Majority Committee Report: OTPA Ought to Pass with Amendment, (10-7) Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate. 🎬Committee Exec lasted 16 minutes.
Scheduled on Regular House Calendar for 03/11/26. House passed 176y-155n on 03/11/26 - will go to Senate . 🎬House vote + floor remarks lasted 13 minutes.
Introduced to Senate on 03/12/26 and referred toSenate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee Scheduled for 04/21/26 at 1:40pm at the State House, Room 100 🎬Committee hearing lasted minutes. 187 minutes (combined with HB1447)
Committee met in executive session on 04/30. Recommended OTP 🎬Committee Exec lasted 2 minutes.
Senate voted to lay it on the table on 05/07/26