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NH SB464

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Daryl Abbas

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends RSA 354-B:1 to require that prohibited civil rights violations be "substantially motivated by hostility towards the victim's" protected characteristics, raising the evidentiary standard from the current law

  • Protected characteristics covered include race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, and disability

  • Prohibited conduct includes actual or threatened physical force against persons, or actual or threatened damage to or trespass on property

  • Effective date is January 1, 2027

  • Fiscal impact is indeterminable for state, county, and local expenditures, with $0 revenue impact

Legislative Description

Relative to civil rights enforcement.

Last Action

Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/26/2026, Vote 5-0; Senate Calendar 11

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary11/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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