SB552: Bill Hearings & Public Record

SB552 - permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.

Link to bill on General Court: https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1340&inflect=2

Links to Bill Sponsors on General Court:

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

Lang (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district02.aspx

Birdsell (R) http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district19.aspx

We define SB552 as an anti-trans bathroom & sports ban, as well as a prison segregation bill. SB552 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 to Senate on 01/07/26 and referred to Senate Judiciary Committee.
Committee Hearing scheduled with the Senate Judiciary Committee, State House, Room 103 at 1pm on 02/11/26. 🎬Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing lasted 120 minutes.
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, Vote 3-2 on 02/17/26. 🎬Senate Judiciary Executive Session lasted 8 minutes.
Senate passed 16Y-8N on 03/05/26 - Will go to House. 🎬Senate vote and floor remarks lasted 29 minutes.
Introduced to House on 03/12 /26 and referred to House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee Hearing (03/25/26) at 10:30am at 1 Granite Place, Room 230. 🎬Hearing lasted 64 minutes.
Committee voted OTP while in recess on 04/08/26 (9y-8n). 🎬Executive Session lasted 3 minutes.
Will go before the full House on the Regular Calendar
House voted OTP on 05/14/26 179y-159n