We are asking you to take three critical actions to protect the rights and well being of Granite Staters this week:
1) Call, Write, or Email Governor Ayotte to Veto the Discriminatory Bathroom and Locker Room Bans
There are 6 pieces of nearly identical pieces of legislation making their way through the NH House and Senate. Let’s remind Governor Kelly Ayotte’s that as recently as February, she’s vetoed similar legislation. These bills, seek to legalize discrimination for bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, and prisons on the basis of “biological sex” as defined as only “male” and “female,” completely erasing the scientific reality of intersex individuals. These discriminatory policies have no place in NH, and create real world privacy and safety concerns for all Granite Staters.
We need to stop HB1442, HB 1447, HB 1299, HB1217, SB552 and SB459.
View our guide to contacting elected officials here.
2) Send a message to your Senator and tell them what you think about the fact that the “citizen legislature” continues to act opposite of what Granite Staters all over the state are asking for.
Last Friday, March 13, for more than four hours, people from across New Hampshire showed up at the State House to testify on SB 659 and HB 1815. Everyone except the bill sponsors gave articulate, detailed testimony about why the bills are not wanted in New Hampshire.
Parents, educators, school board members, administrators, taxpayers, and others made time on a workday to be in Concord at 9:00AM. Many arranged childcare, took time off from work, and prepared testimony, some for the first time, to speak directly to the lawmakers elected to represent them.
View our guide to contacting elected officials here.
Send a message to your Senator.
3) Sign In & Testify Against the Non-Germane Amendment to SB 572, which forbids DHHS to “advertise vaccines.”
This is a replace-all amendment to bring back HB 1616, which was tabled last session. HB 1616 is an anti-vaccine bill that would prohibit “any state agency or political subdivision from using public funds to advertise or otherwise promote vaccines.”
This bill would ban our state health department and local communities from even telling families when vaccines are available, including during an outbreak. It would silence the state’s ability to communicate with families about vaccine-preventable diseases during outbreaks and eliminate educational resources for health care providers.
This is one part of the anti-vaccine agenda coming from RFK Jr. and other anti-vaccine, anti-science politicians. What’s happening in DC is coming to New Hampshire, and our kids’ health is caught in the middle. We should trust doctors and scientists, not politicians, to guide public health decisions.
* Go to the online testimony site.
* Fill in your information.
* Select March 25 as the date of the hearing.
* Select Executive Departments and Administration.
* Select SB 572.
* The “My testimony is for the non-germane amendment button” does not become live until you select a button for the bill. You have to type in your testimony to register your opinion about the non-germane amendment.
* Check the “I OPPOSE the bill” box, and then write in “I oppose the non-germane amendment, which is the text of HB 1616.”
Kent Street Coalition 