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HB1356 Relative to the statute of limitations for bringing a private right of action for violation of the statute prohibiting medical procedures and treatments intended to alter a minor's gender.

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Relative to the statute of limitations for bringing a private right of action for violation of the statute prohibiting medical procedures and treatments intended to alter a minor's gender.

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 direct financial impact on most residents, though it could increase malpractice insurance costs for providers.

3
🏘️

Your Community

Extended litigation windows create a chilling effect on healthcare providers, potentially driving them out of NH and reducing access to care broadly.

3
⚖️

Your Freedom

Targets specific healthcare decisions made by families and their doctors, restricting medical freedom for transgender youth and their parents.

Status

Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; Senate Journal 14

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Robert Wherry (R)

The Short Version

Extends the statute of limitations for lawsuits against healthcare providers who provided gender-affirming care to minors. Passed the House 180-146 and advances to the Senate. This builds on existing restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Groups opposing gender-affirming care for minors

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Transgender youth and their families
  • ▼ Healthcare providers
  • ▼ Medical freedom advocates

Roll Call Detail (2 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 2 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 178 for , 1 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 144 against ) .

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

Table 2026-03-12
Failed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

1R + 144D
Voted to Kill the Bill (145)
176R
Voted to Keep It Alive (176)
22
Absent
49
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (145)

Republicans (1)
Democrats (144)

Voted Nay (176)

Republicans (176)
Absent (22)

Dale Swanson (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Spillane (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Joseph Hamblen (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Robert Harb (R) , Stephen Pearson (R) , Thomas Buco (D)

Did not vote (49)

Adam Presa (R) , Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Amy Malone (D) , Billie Butler (D) , Bryan Morse (R) , Carol McGuire (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Christine Seibert (D) , Dick Thackston (R) , Donald Selby (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Eleana Colby (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Eric Gallager (D) , Gary Gilmore (D) , Gregory Sargent (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , James MacKay (D) , James Roesener (D) , Jess Edwards (R) , John Suiter (R) , Jonah Wheeler (D) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Julius Soti (R) , Katelyn Kuttab (R) , Kenneth Weyler (R) , Kevin Scully (R) , Louis Juris (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Molly Howard (D) , Nicole Leapley (D) , Paige Beauchemin (D) , Patricia Cornell (D) , Peter Leishman (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Phyllis Katsakiores (R) , Richard Tripp (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Seth King (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Steven Smith (R) , Susan Porcelli (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Schamberg (D) , Travis Corcoran (R) , William Dolan (D)

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-03-12
Passed

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

178R + 2D
Voted to Pass (180)
2R + 144D
Voted Against (146)
23
Absent
43
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (180)

Republicans (178)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (146)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (144)
Absent (23)

Dale Swanson (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Spillane (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Joseph Hamblen (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Robert Harb (R) , Stephen Pearson (R) , Thomas Buco (D)

Did not vote (43)

Adam Presa (R) , Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Amy Malone (D) , Billie Butler (D) , Bryan Morse (R) , Carol McGuire (R) , Christine Seibert (D) , Dick Thackston (R) , Donald Selby (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Eleana Colby (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Eric Gallager (D) , Gary Gilmore (D) , Gregory Sargent (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , James MacKay (D) , James Roesener (D) , Jess Edwards (R) , Jonah Wheeler (D) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Julius Soti (R) , Katelyn Kuttab (R) , Kenneth Weyler (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Molly Howard (D) , Nicole Leapley (D) , Paige Beauchemin (D) , Patricia Cornell (D) , Peter Leishman (D) , Phyllis Katsakiores (R) , Richard Tripp (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Steven Smith (R) , Susan Porcelli (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Schamberg (D) , Travis Corcoran (R) , William Dolan (D)

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