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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 38: relative to state recognition of biological sex.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 38 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: relative to state recognition of biological sex. Primary sponsor: Kevin Avard (Republican). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 3, 2025): Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kevin AvardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Daryl AbbasCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Bill GannonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Dan InnisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Jim A KofaltCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Tim LangCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Tim McGoughCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Keith MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Diane PauerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 36
Howard PearlCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Shane SiroisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 32
Victoria SullivanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1
  2. Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  3. Sen. Gannon Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  4. Special Order to to the Beginning of the Regular Calendar, Without Objection; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  5. Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/27/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 14
  6. Hearing: 02/13/2025, Room 100, SH, 02:45 pm; SC 9A
  7. Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 2

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source