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SB552 Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.

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Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

4

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No significant direct financial impact for most NH residents.

4
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Your Community

Creates legal classifications based on biological sex that could be used to restrict transgender individuals' participation in certain activities and access to certain facilities.

3
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Your Freedom

Enables government classification of individuals by biological sex, potentially overriding gender identity. Restricts the freedom of transgender NH residents in the circumstances where the classification applies.

Status

Without Objection the Senate will take up SB 552 at the present time, 08/19/2026; Senate Journal 15

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Kevin Avard (R)

The Short Version

Allows the classification of individuals based on biological sex in certain limited circumstances, likely affecting areas like sports, facilities, and government records. Passed the Senate 16-8.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Those who believe biological sex-based classifications are needed in certain contexts

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Transgender individuals whose gender identity may not be recognized
  • ▼ LGBTQ+ community
  • ▼ Civil rights organizations

Roll Call Detail (3 votes)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 3 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 207 for , 5 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 173 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Veto Override 2026-08-19
Passed

YES = Override the veto (keep the bill alive). NO = Let the veto stand (kill the bill).

160R + 1D
Voted to Override (161)
6R + 136D
Voted to Sustain Veto (142)
34
Absent
47
Not voting
Show all 384 individual votes

Voted Yea (161)

Republicans (160)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (142)

Republicans (6)
Democrats (136)
Absent (34)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Darrell Louis (R) , Debra DeSimone (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Ellen Rockmore (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , John Potucek (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karen Ebel (D) , Kevin Scully (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristin Noble (R) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) , Linda Ryan (D) , Loren Foxx (D) , Loren Selig (D) , Louise Andrus (R) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Matthew Coker (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Mike Ouellet (R) , Paul Berch (D) , Riche Colcombe (R) , Ron Dunn (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Vanessa Sheehan (R) , Walter Spilsbury (R)

Did not vote (47)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Allan Howland (D) , Andrew Prout (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Ohm (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Christopher Herbert (D) , Dan Bergeron (D) , Daniel LeClerc (D) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Erica deVries (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , James MacKay (D) , James Summers (R) , Jared Sullivan (D) , Jason Osborne (R) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John Stone (D) , John Suiter (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Keith Ammon (R) , Lilli Walsh (R) , Linda DiSilvestro (D) , Mark Vallone (D) , Michael Vose (R) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Dumais (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Steven Bogert (R) , Travis Corcoran (R) , Travis Toner (R) , Valerie McDonnell (R) , William Dolan (D)

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-05-14
Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

177R + 2D
Voted to Pass (179)
4R + 155D
Voted Against (159)
37
Absent
18
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (179)

Republicans (177)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (159)

Republicans (4)
Democrats (155)
Absent (37)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Arnold Davis (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Bolton (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , David Nagel (R) , David Preece (D) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Heather Baldwin (D) , Jean Jeudy (D) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Raymond Peeples (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Steven Bogert (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Toni Weinstein (D) , Valerie McDonnell (R)

Ought to Pass 2026-03-05
Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

16R
Voted to Pass (16)
0R + 8D
Voted Against (8)
0
Absent
0
Not voting
Show all 24 individual votes
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