SB459: Bill Hearings & Public Record
SB459- Anti-Trans Locker Room Ban / Prison Segregation
Official Title: relative to biological sex in student athletics and prisons.
Bill Sponsors: (Prime) Gannon (R), Victoria Sullivan (R), Pearl (R), Abbas (R), McGough (R), Keith Murphy (R), Innis (R), Bernardy (R), Litchfield (R), Mark Pearson (R), Lilli Walsh (R)
Watch Bill Hearings & Public Record here: https://603equality.org/news-updates/sb459
Total Time spent on SB459 public hearings + votes: 2 hours, 22 minutes
Summary: SB 459 is a multi-faceted bill that limits access for trans folks in locker restrooms, in sports settings, and designates that “biological sex” must be the determining factor in prison placement. This bill sponsor defines as “biological sex” like many of the other proposed bathroom and locker room bans this legislative season on a binary, despite the fast 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 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
