HB1493 Relative to health education and requiring pupils to view certain videos demonstrating gestational development of the heart, brain, and other vital organs.
Relative to health education and requiring pupils to view certain videos demonstrating gestational development of the heart, brain, and other vital organs.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
No direct financial impact.
Your Community
Mandating specific ideological content in health education undermines evidence-based curriculum and teacher autonomy.
Your Freedom
Government mandating specific video content in classrooms is a significant intrusion on academic freedom.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/12/2026 House Journal 4 P. 2
Sponsor
John Sellers (R)
The Short Version
Would have required students to watch specific videos about fetal organ development as part of health education. Killed via ITL. This mandates ideologically-driven content in the curriculum under the guise of health education.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Anti-abortion advocates seeking curriculum influence
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Students subjected to politicized health education
- ▼ Teachers losing curriculum autonomy
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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