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Legislative Action Alert
for the week of April 6

Governor Ayotte and the NH GOP made their priorities crystal clear this week - and Granite Staters are paying the price. 

Ayotte signed HB1815 into law, letting the state off the hook by redefining what counts as an "adequate" education so they can send less money to your town. The gap doesn't disappear - it lands on you as higher property taxes or cuts to your children's public schools. 

Then, on Friday, she signed HB323, stripping student IDs from the list of accepted voter IDs at the polls. No confirmed cases of fraud. No problem to solve. Just thousands of young Granite Staters - students, first-time voters - made to jump through new hoops to exercise their constitutional right. 

These are not accidents or oversights. They are choices: defund public education, silence young voters, and call it progress. And it doesn't stop there - this week they're also moving to censor classrooms and target trans students. It's time to hold them accountable - starting now.

❌ OPPOSE HB1797: SNAP PROGRAM: This bill would dramatically restructure New Hampshire’s SNAP program, undermining the state’s ability to efficiently administer benefits, keep costs down and ensure beneficiaries can reliably access food. The proposed changes would over-extend the capacity of DHHS staff and restrict access to food assistance – all while failing to improve program integrity.

❌ OPPOSE HB1132 - SCHOOL CENSORSHIP: This bill would allow only federal, state or POW/MIA flags in school buildings, effectively banning pride flags, along with any heritage flags, sports teams, charities, etc. The bill also establishes penalties for showing other flags.

❌ OPPOSE SB459- ANTI-TRANS LOCKER ROOM BAN/PRISON SEGREGATION: This bill limits access for trans folks in locker rooms, restrooms, sports settings and designates that its own limited definition of “biological sex” be used for prison placement. Similar bills have been vetoed by the Governor in the past.

❌ OPPOSE SB430- Forced Outing by Schools: This bill expands upon the mandatory disclosure of any information about public school students to their parents including outing LGBTQIA students and establishes strict penalties against educators who don’t comply. 

❌ OPPOSE SB464 - Civil Rights Enforcement Rollback: This bill would change the standard for civil rights enforcement, raising the threshold of motivation for those committing civil rights infringements and making it more difficult to pursue action against those who have committed civil rights offenses. 

❌ OPPOSE SB434‍ & SB431 ‍- School Censorship  - SB434 is a broad book and materials challenge bill that would allow a single person within a school district to challenge items and have them removed for the entire district and does not provide notification before removal for other interested parties. SB431 adds “intent” as a required qualifier for the law pertaining to prohibitions on teaching public school students about discrimination. 

  • Log in to the NH House Testimony Tool to OPPOSE:

    • SB434: House Education Policy and Admin., Wed. 4/8, 11:30 am 

    • SB431: House Education Policy and Admin., Wed. 4/8, 11:00 am

Stop Banning Our Freedom Rally
Wednesday, April 8 • 9:00 AM 4:00 PM

NH Legislative Committees are hearing three different bills that seek to erase Granite Staters' identities and ban us from showing up in our communities visibly and proudly. With a proposed book ban, flag ban, and discriminatory policies against transgender Granite Staters on the line, we are asking community members to show up to take action and uphold our right to be proud and free.

Join us at the New Hampshire State House on Wednesday at 9am in opposition to HB1132 and then down the road at 1 Granite Place at 10am in opposition to SB459 and SB434 to tell NH lawmakers loud and clear that we will not stand for more bans on our bodies, our books, or our classrooms.

REGISTER HERE

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