relative to intentional or knowing violation of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
HB 50 prohibits educators in New Hampshire public schools from intentionally teaching discrimination targeting specific racial groups, including white people, Black people, or Hispanic/Latino people. It defines "educator" to include certified teachers, administrators, and specialists, and states that violating this rule constitutes a breach of the educator code of conduct, potentially leading to disciplinary action by the state board of education. The bill allows affected individuals or the attorney general to file civil lawsuits against schools or districts for violations, seeking remedies in court or through the human rights commission. It explicitly states that discrimination cannot be justified by special considerations for any racial group and aims to equally protect all citizens from discrimination based on race.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 23, 2024
Last action May 15, 2025
Floor votes · House Mar 26, 2025
How they voted
94–92
Passed · 35 other
Total votes 221
Mar 26, 2025
D
Democratic106
85% Nay
I
Independent2
50% Yea
R
Republican113
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 13, 2025
Committee
Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/15/2025, Vote 4-1, CC; SC 21A
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 10
upper
Mar 26, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (94-92-35)
house
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1029h 2025-1315h: MA RC 183-157 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 115
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Amendment # 2025-1029h (NT): AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 114
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1029h (NT) 03/17/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 49
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced
Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-0595h: 03/05/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
lower
Dec 23, 2024
Introduced
Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 2 P. 3
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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