Revision: April 18, 2025, 9:13 a.m.
SB 100-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/06/2025 0491s
2025 SESSION
25-1125
02/09
SENATE BILL 100-FN
AN ACT relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23
COMMITTEE: Education
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill adds mental state, or mens rea, as an element to the prohibition on teaching 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/06/2025 0491s 25-1125
02/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Prohibition on Teaching Discrimination. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 193:40, I to read as follows:
I. No pupil in any public school in this state shall be intentionally or knowingly taught, instructed, inculcated or compelled to express belief in, or support for, any one or more of the following:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-1125
4/18/25
SB 100-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2025-0491s)
AN ACT relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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Estimated State Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures* | $0 | Indeterminable | ||||
Funding Source(s) | General Fund | |||||
Appropriations* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None | |||||
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill | ||||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill adds mental state as an element to the prohibition on teaching discrimination. While the fiscal impact of this bill is indeterminable, the Department of Education states presumably it would lessen any current fiscal impacts under RSA 193:40, since requiring a mental state would lesser the number of cases that are pursued.
The Department of Justice states this bill will have no impact on its budget.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education and Department of Justice