SB431: Bill Hearings & Public Record
SB431 - relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
Link to bill on General Court: https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1197&inflect=2
Links to Bill Sponsors on General Court:
(Prime) Lang (R), http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district02.aspx
Avard (R), http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district12.aspx
McGough (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district11.aspx
Innis (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district07.aspx
Gannon (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district23.aspx
Abbas (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district22.aspx
Victoria Sullivan (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district18.aspx
Keith Murphy (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district16.aspx
McConkey (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district03.aspx
Pearl (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district17.aspx
Rochefort (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district01.aspx
Moffett (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=7144
Lynn (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=9937
Alexander (R) http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=9165
We define SB431 as a school censorship bill. This bill adds intent as a qualifier for the law pertaining to the prohibitions on teaching public school students about discrimination. It’s an attempt to strengthen the legal foundation for existing censorship legislation.
BILL UPDATE:
Introduced on 01/07/26 and referred to the Senate’s Education Committee
Committee Hearing Scheduled (02/17/26 at The State Library, The Map Room @ 9:45 am)
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, Vote 3-2
Heading to a full floor vote on the Senate (03/12/26)
Senate passed 16Y-8N - Headed to the House
Introduced to House on 03/12/26 and referred to House Education Policy and Administration HJ 5
Public hearing in House Education Policy and Administration (04/08/26 at 1 Granite Place, Room 232 at 11:00am)
Executive Session on 05/04/26 at 2:26pm. Committee recommends OTP (10y-8n)
House voted to lay it on the table on 05/14/26 - the bill is done for this session
Total Time spent on SB431 public hearings + votes: still calculating
