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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 72: establishing a parental bill of rights.

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 72 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: establishing a parental bill of rights. Primary sponsor: Tim Lang (Republican). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 12, 2025): Sen. Abbas Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tim LangPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Daryl AbbasCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Kevin AvardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Regina BirdsellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Sharon CarsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate14
Bill GannonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23
James GrayCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Dan InnisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Mark McConkeyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Tim McGoughCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Mike MoffettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseMerrimack 4
Keith MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Jason OsborneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 2
Howard PearlCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Denise RicciardiCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
David RochefortCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Victoria SullivanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Ruth WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8

“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. Sen. Abbas Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16
  2. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2492h: MA RC 214-167 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 39
  3. FLAM # 2025-2348h (Rep. Raymond): AF RC 169-212 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 37
  4. FLAM # 2025-2492h (Rep. Packard): AA RC 215-166 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 32
  5. Amendment # 2025-1832h: AF VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 32
  6. Lay SB 72 on Table (Rep. Petrigno): MF RC 168-211 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 30
  7. Special Order to 06/05/2025 (Rep. S. Smith): MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 12
  8. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  9. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1832h (NT) 05/06/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 27 P. 13
  10. Executive Session: 05/06/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
  11. Public Hearing: 04/08/2025 01:15 pm LOB 206-208
  12. Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 11 P. 110

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Sources

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