New HampshireVetoed bill would allow sex-based rules in facilities and sports
The vetoed proposal would have let public and private groups classify people by biological sex in certain shared facilities, sports, and places where people are held against their will.
What it does
The vetoed proposal would have allowed sex-based rules in certain shared facilities, sports, and places where people are held against their will. Those rules would not have counted as unlawful sex or gender identity discrimination. Separation would have been optional.
Argument forPeople using shared bathrooms or locker rooms might have had more privacy if an operator separated users by biological sex.
Argument againstIf groups had used this option, some people might have had fewer choices of shared facilities or sports they could join.
More detail
The proposal would have allowed public and private groups to classify people by biological sex without that classification counting as unlawful sex or gender identity discrimination. It covered bathrooms and locker rooms built for several people at once, even with separate stalls; sports where strength, speed, or endurance generally gives males an advantage; and prisons or similar places where people may be held against their will. The proposal would not have required any public or private group to separate people by biological sex. The proposal set a start date 60 days after passage, but the sustained veto kept it from taking effect.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Aug 19Notwithstanding the Governor's Veto, Shall SB 268 Become Law: RC 0Y-24N, Veto Sustained, lacking the necessary two-thirds vote; 08/19/2026; SJ 15Latest
- Vote recorded VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required. Result: fail.Upper
- Feb 17Vetoed by Governor Kelly Ayotte 02/06/2026Major
- Jan 27Enrolled (in recess of) 01/08/2026 HJ 3To Governor
- Jan 21Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 01/07/2026); SJ 2Minor
- Jan 8Ought to Pass: MA RC 185-159 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 49Passed House
- Vote recorded OTP. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 19Notwithstanding the Governor's Veto, Shall SB 268 Become Law: RC 0Y-24N, Veto Sustained, lacking the necessary two-thirds vote; 08/19/2026; SJ 15Latest
- 2025
- Nov 19Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- Nov 19Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 11/12/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 51 P. 40Minor
- Sep 26Executive Session: 11/12/2025 10:00 am GP 230
- Aug 25Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 230
- Apr 24Retained in Committee
- Apr 16Executive Session: 04/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- Apr 3Public Hearing: 04/16/2025 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- Mar 28Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 11 P. 113Minor
- Mar 27Without Objection, Sen. Birdsell Moved the Question; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
- Mar 27Special Order to the Beginning of the Regular Calendar, Without Objection; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
- Mar 27Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1118s, RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9Passed Senate
- Mar 27Committee Amendment # 2025-1118s, AA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
- Mar 20Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1118s, 03/27/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 14Minor
- Feb 7Hearing: 02/13/2025, Room 100, SH, 02:30 pm; SC 9A
- Jan 23Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3Introduced
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