Bill Text: NH HB1180 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to state recognition of biological sex.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-20 - Lay HB1180 on Table (Rep. Query): Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 175-167 03/16/2022 House Journal 7 [HB1180 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1180-Introduced.html
HB 1180 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2429
07/10
HOUSE BILL 1180
AN ACT relative to state recognition of biological sex.
SPONSORS: Rep. Gould, Hills. 7; Rep. Aron, Sull. 7; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 2; Rep. Prudhomme-O'Brien, Rock. 6
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the intent of provisions of vital records and identification card laws pertaining to biological sex.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2429
07/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to state recognition of biological sex.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Initiating Amendments and Corrections to Birth Records; Recognition of Biological Sex. Amend RSA 5-C:87 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:
XII. Nothing in this subdivision is intended to prohibit any public entity from differentiating between the male and female sexes in athletic competitions, criminal incarceration, or places of intimate privacy, or otherwise to deny or undermine the state’s rational interest in recognizing the male and female sexes. In this paragraph, “the male and female sexes” refers to biologically male and female human beings.
2 New Section; Administration of Motor Vehicle Laws; State Recognition of Biological Sex. Amend RSA 260 by inserting after section 21-b the following new section:
260:21-c State Recognition of Biological Sex. Nothing in RSA 260, RSA 263, or any related provision of law, is intended to prohibit any public entity from differentiating between the male and female sexes in athletic competitions, criminal incarceration, or places of intimate privacy, or otherwise to deny or undermine the state’s rational interest in recognizing the male and female sexes. In this paragraph, “the male and female sexes” refers to biologically male and female human beings.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
