SB 431 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2008
12/09
SENATE BILL 431
AN ACT relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. McConkey, Dist 3; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Rochefort, Dist 1; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Lynn, Rock. 17; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29
COMMITTEE: Education
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2008
12/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
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.
Nov. 21, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Education; SJ 1