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The 603 Equality Civic Education Initiative creates a multi-pronged approach to engaging, informing, and empowering voters who care about LGBTQIA issues. An important part of that is by Tracking legislation that touches the LGBTQIA+ community and providing updates and information on how NH residents can effectively engage with proposed legislation at every stage.
LGBTQ Advocates Denounce Passage of Five Nearly Identical “Bathroom Bans” this Month
CONCORD, N.H. - This month, despite an already-bloated legislative docket at the State House and a recently vetoed bathroom ban bill (SB268), the New Hampshire legislature passed five anti-LGBTQ+ bills, with the House of Representatives passing four nearly identical “bathroom ban” bills, and the Senate passing one.
Legislative Updates (02/24/26)
The committee hearings on Friday exec'd that day. For those of you who missed that:
1564 was voted unanimously ITL. We showed up and showed out and it really mattered. This was the bill that sought to remove gender identity from all state statutes.
Two of the bathroom bills were moved to Interim Study with unanimous votes from the committee. 1217 + 1442. 1442 had that extra troubling criminal component.
1299 was recommended OTPA. The amendment designates that for public buildings to adopt this policy, it would also have to offer an individual/gender-neutral bathroom option.
1447 was recommended OTP. Rep MacFarlane did note that he wanted to add an amendment to the bill, and plans to do so on the floor - because he wanted to ensure that public camp sites wouldn’t be subject to the legislation.
There were also updates on bills from the Senate and House sessions
The Senate Approved 16Y-8N, SB434 - another censorship bill.
The Senate voted OTPA 16Y-8N, SB430 - the forced outing bill.
The House voted OTP 184 / 164 on HB1792 - that horrible anti-DEI bill.