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HB1299 affirms that recognizing biological sex in shared facilities, athletics, and corrections is lawful and does not constitute discrimination under New Hampshire statute.
OUR POSITIONHB1299 makes a straightforward but consequential change to New Hampshire law: it establishes that classifying individuals by biological sex in multi-user facilities, athletic competition, and correctional settings is a lawful distinction, not an act of discrimination. By amending the state's core anti-discrimination statute directly, the protection is durable and applies broadly across public and private entities.
From a principled, faith-informed perspective, this bill rests on a foundation that most New Hampshire families recognize intuitively: male and female are biological realities, not administrative categories to be dissolved by policy preference. Legal recognition of that reality is not hostility toward anyone; it is an honest acknowledgment of what human beings are.
The practical stakes are clearest for women and girls. Locker rooms, showers, shelters, and sports rosters organized by biological sex protect the privacy, dignity, and physical safety of females in settings where those interests are most vulnerable. Parents entrusting their daughters to school athletics or public facilities have a legitimate expectation that those spaces are maintained accordingly.
The bill also reflects sound governance. Anti-discrimination law should track clear, verifiable categories. When sex loses its legal definition, enforcement becomes arbitrary and the statute's protections become unpredictable for everyone it was designed to serve. HB1299 restores that clarity.
The American Council supports HB1299 because it aligns law with biological truth, safeguards the privacy and safety of women and girls, and gives institutions the legal confidence to make reasonable, commonsense distinctions without fear of liability. We urge the full legislature to pass this bill and send it to the Governor.