SB430: Bill Hearings & Public Record
SB430- relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians.
Link to bill on General Court: https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1194&inflect=2
Links to Bill Sponsors on General Court:
(Prime) Lang (R), http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district02.aspx
Avard (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district12.aspx
Birdsell (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district19.aspx
McGough (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district11.aspx
Ruth Ward (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district08.aspx
Innis (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district07.aspx
Gray (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district06.aspx
Gannon (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district23.aspx
Abbas (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district22.aspx
Victoria Sullivan (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district18.aspx
Keith Murphy (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district16.aspx
Carson (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district14.aspx
Pearl (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district17.aspx
Rochefort (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/webpages/district01.aspx
Berry (R),http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=9919
Moffett (R), http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=7144
We define SB430 as a forced outing bill. This bill expands upon the "forced outing" or mandatory disclosure of any information about public school students to their parents. Last year's HB10, the "parental bill of rights," created a situation where teachers would be forced to out LGBTQIA students. This bill strengthens that dynamic and inflicts strict penalties against educators who don’t comply. It does provide a very weak provision if educators feel the student is at risk - but risk is incredibly difficult to gauge on matters of identity and home life. This bill would jeopardize the safety of LGBTQIA+ students who do not live in an affirming home, and remove the likelihood that students would be able to build foundational trust with safe adults in their lives in all areas by turning educators into a tool of surveillance.
BILL UPDATE:
Introduced to Senate, referred to Senate Education Committee
Committee hearing has been scheduled for Senate Education Committee hearing at 02/03/26 at 9:30 at the State Library, Map Room. 🎬 Hearing lasted 35 minutes.
OTPA (ought to pass with an amendment) vote 3-1
Full Body Vote in Senate on 02/19/26 - OTPA 16Y-8N 🎬lasted 29 minutes.
Introduced to House on 02/19/26 and referred to House Education Policy and Administration HJ 5
Public hearing in House Education Policy and Administration (04/08/26 at 10:00am in 1 Granite Place, room 232). 🎬Hearing lasted 63 minutes.
House Education Policy Executive Session on 05/04/26. Committee recommends OTPA at 2:26pm (10y-8n). Minority report ITL. 🎬lasted 22 minutes.
House vote on OTP on 05/14/26 193y-163n
Total Time spent on SB430 public hearings + votes: 2 hours, 29 minutes
