HB 1077 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2451
12/09
HOUSE BILL 1077
AN ACT including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.
SPONSORS: Rep. Scherr, Rock. 26
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds the instruction of domestic violence prevention within the required health education, physical education, and wellness curriculum for pupils.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2451
12/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Instruction of Domestic Violence Prevention Required. Amend RSA 189:10, II to read as follows:
II. The school board shall ensure that health education, physical education to include the importance of exercise, and wellness, are taught to pupils as part of the curriculum, specifically to include physiology, hygiene, health and interpersonal relationships, physical education, and wellness, as they relate to the effects of alcohol and other drugs, prevention of domestic and sexual violence, child abuse as established in the definition of "abused child" under RSA 169-C:3, II, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and sexually transmitted diseases on the human system.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Nov. 12, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1