Bill Text: NH SB562 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to state recognition of biological sex.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-11 - Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 04/11/2024; Senate Journal 9 [SB562 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB562-Introduced.html
SB 562-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2872
09/05
SENATE BILL 562-FN
AN ACT relative to state recognition of biological sex.
SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 32; Rep. Mooney, Hills. 12
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides a definition for "biological sex" and provides that certain designations by biological sex do not constitute unlawful discrimination.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2872
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
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 Section; State Commission for Human Rights; Miscellaneous Provisions; State Recognition of Biological Sex. Amend RSA 354-A by inserting after section 25 the following new section:
354-A:25-a State Recognition of Biological Sex.
I. Nothing in RSA 5-C:87, RSA 260-263, RSA 354-A, or any other law or regulation shall mean that it is unlawful discrimination based on sex or gender identity for any person or organization, public or private, to classify based on biological sex with respect to the following matters:
(a) In the construction, maintenance, operation, and use of lavatory facilities or locker rooms designed for usage by multiple persons at the same time, even if such facilities have individual urinals, stalls, or similar apparatus.
(b) In athletic or sporting events or competitions in a sport or similar activity in which physical strength, speed, or endurance is generally recognized to give an advantage to biological males.
(c) In the operation, maintenance, and use of facilities designed for usage as prisons, houses of correction, juvenile detention or commitment centers, mental health hospitals or treatment centers and like facilities to which persons may be committed involuntarily.
II. “Biological sex” shall mean the male and female biological sexes. This section does not mean that any public or private entity is required by state statute to separate persons based upon biological sex.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
24-2872
12/5/23
SB 562-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to state recognition of biological sex.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, as it is awaiting information from the Human Rights Commission. The Commission was originally contacted on November 13, 2023, and again as a followup on November 29, 2023, for a fiscal note worksheet, which they have not provided as of December 5, 2023. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Human Rights Commission
