# New Hampshire SB464: relative to civil rights enforcement.

New Hampshire SB464, relative to civil rights enforcement., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Daryl Abbas (Republican); status became law, last action 2026-06-24 (Law Without Signature 06/20/2026; Chapter 204; Effective 01/01/2027; Art 44, Pt II, NH Constitution) (as of 2026-10-17).

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- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire SB464
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: relative to civil rights enforcement.
- Status: became law
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-21
- Last action: 2026-06-24, Law Without Signature 06/20/2026; Chapter 204; Effective 01/01/2027; Art 44, Pt II, NH Constitution
- Sponsor: Daryl Abbas (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Civil protections for people facing bias: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2027, New Hampshire law provides civil liability and remedies for specified acts driven by hostility or prejudice. It covers people, groups, and organizations targeted directly or indirectly because of protected traits or associations. Protected traits include race, color, reli…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Daryl Abbas (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bill M. Gannon (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Daniel E. Innis (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Howard Pearl (r), Senate
- Cosponsor: Keith Michael Ammon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Keith R. Murphy (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kevin A. Avard (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Regina Birdsell (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Victoria Sullivan (Republican), Senate

## Actions (23)

- 2026-06-24: Law Without Signature 06/20/2026; Chapter 204; Effective 01/01/2027; Art 44, Pt II, NH Constitution (Senate)
- 2026-06-10: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 43 (House)
- 2026-06-10: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 (Senate)
- 2026-06-05: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2009e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/04/2026); SJ 14 (Senate)
- 2026-06-02: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2009e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14 P. 37 (House)
- 2026-05-07: Sen. Gannon Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11 (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1369h and 2026-1572h: MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 63 (House)
- 2026-04-23: FLAM # 2026-1572h (Rep. Lynn): AA DV 329-9 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 62 (House)
- 2026-04-23: Amendment # 2026-1369h: AA DV 178-150 04/23/2026 HJ 11 P. 62 (House)
- 2026-04-15: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (House)
- 2026-04-15: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1369h 04/08/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) (House)
- 2026-04-08: Executive Session: 04/08/2026 10:30 am GP 230 (House)
- 2026-04-01: Public Hearing: 04/08/2026 10:30 am GP 230 (House)
- 2026-03-27: Introduced (in recess of) 03/26/2026 and referred to Judiciary HJ 9 P. 54 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Sen. Abbas Moved Ought to Pass; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Refer to Interim Study, MF, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/26/2026, Vote 5-0; SC 11 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Special Order to 03/26/2026, Without Objection, MA; 03/12/2026 SJ 6 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: SB 464 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/12/2026; SJ 6 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/12/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Hearing: 02/12/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 5 (Senate)
- 2025-11-21: Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1 (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended, 2026-06-05: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=31494)
- Enrolled, 2026-06-02: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1444&inflession=2025)
- Introduced, 2025-11-21: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=22011)
- CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=34008)
- Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=32321)

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## Sources
- [As Amended (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=31494)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1444&inflession=2025)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=22011)
- [CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=34008)
- [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=32321)

## Related
- [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026)
- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026)
- [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
- [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB464-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).