SB459: Bill Hearings & Public Record

2026 LegislationCivic Education

Jan 7

Written By 603 Equality

SB459 - relative to biological sex in student athletics and prisons

Link to bill on General Court: https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1421&inflect=2

Links to Bill Sponsors on General Court:

(Prime) Gannon (R) http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district23.aspx

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

Pearl (R) http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district17.aspx

Abbas (R) http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district22.aspx

McGough (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district11.aspx

Keith Murphy (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district16.aspx

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

Bernardy (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=9941

Litchfield (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=9940

Mark Pearson (R), http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=8749

Lilli Walsh (R), http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10692

We define SB459 as an anti-trans locker room & sports ban and prison segregation bill. SB 459 is a multi-faceted bill that limits access for trans folks in locker rooms, 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 fact that a 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. This bill works in opposition to three of our policy platform pillars: affirming environments, economic safety and right to privacy.

BILL UPDATE:

Introduced on 01/07/26 and referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary committee scheduled on 02/11/26 (Senate Judiciary Committee, State House, Room 103, at 1:20pm). 🎬Committee Hearing lasted 61 minutes.
Exec Session on 03/17/26, with Senate Judiciary Committee recommended OTPA on 03/19/26. 🎬Committee Exec lasted 2 minutes.
On regular calendar for 03/26/26 Senate session. Senate votes OTPA on 03/26/26 15y-9n 🎬Senate vote + floor remarks lasted 22 minutes.
Introduced to House on 03/26/26 and referred to House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee Hearing (04/08/26) at 10:00am at 1 Granite Place, Room 230. 🎬Committee Hearing lasted 55 minutes.
House Judiciary Committee voted ITL (inexpedient to legislate) 18y-0n on 04/08/26 🎬Committee Exec lasted 2 minutes.
Will go before the House on the Consent Calendar
House confirmed Consent Calendar, killing the bill by voting in line with committee recommendation of ITL (inexpedient to legislate) on 04/23/26