HB1792: Bill Hearings & Public Record

HB1792 - prohibiting school districts and personnel from the instruction of critical race theory and LGBTQ+ ideologies in schools as well as establishing a private right of action for violations.

Link to bill on General Court: https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1642&inflect=2

Links to Bill Sponsors on General Court:

(Prime) Belcher (R), http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10578

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

Osborne (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=901

Corcoran (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10666

Sabourin dit Choinière (R) http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=11420

We define HB1792 as a School Censorship, Anti-DEI, Anti-LGBTQIA+ bill. Referred to by the sponsor as the “Charlie Act” and named after Charlie Kirk, HB 1792 is designed to restrict classroom instruction and topics to what the sponsor designates as “neutral” and “patriotic.” The sponsor singles out “gender ideology” and “leftist ideology” as well as a variety of pedogeological categories, specific texts and specific authors, to be excluded from public k-12 classrooms. Despite a similar law from last year currently being held up in NH courts and costing the state tens of thousands of dollars, this bill seeks to further restrict topics discussed and acknowledged in classrooms in both incredibly specific and incredibly vague ways.

BILL UPDATE:

Introduced to House on 01/07/26 and referred to House’s Education Policy and Administration Committee.
Committee Hearing scheduled for 02/02/26 at 2:00 at 1 Granite Place, Concord, NH , room 232 🎬(lasted 74 minutes)
Committee recommended OTP (ought to pass) during Executive Committee on 02/04/26 🎬(lasted 3 minutes)
Full House Vote: OTP 184 / 164 on 02/19/26 🎬(lasted 22 minutes)
Introduced to Senate on 02/19/26 and Referred toSenate Education Committee ; SJ 5
Public hearing inSenate Education Committee‍ ‍(03/10/26) at 10:30am at the State Library in the Map Room 🎬(lasted 105 minutes)
Hearing moved to recess until 03/17/26 at 9:15am at the State Library in the Map Room 🎬(lasted 61 minutes)
Senate Education Committee recommended OTPA on 04/28/26 with an amendment that added new language to (1) include a qualifier of intent and (2) include additional materials descriptions and (3) include language that could construe a forced outing situation within the school setting regarding chosen names 🎬(lasted 40 minutes)
On Senate calendar for 05/14
Senate voted OTPA (ought to pass with amendment) on 05/14/26