Legislation to safeguard women by barring transgender people from women’s public bathrooms passed in Tennessee and New Hampshire, with one bill on the way to the governor to be signed into law.
The New Hampshire bill, HB 148, which passed in the state’s House of Representatives on Thursday, will allow schools to ban transgender people from bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams. And if it is signed into law, it would “allow the owners of the spaces included in the bill to bar transgender people without facing discrimination charges,” SeaCoastOnline/USA Today Network reported.
It would also allow the state’s jails and juvenile facilities to place those who identify as transgender in facilities based on their birth gender, not their assumed gender.
The bill is now headed to the state Senate.
A similar bill was vetoed in 2024 by then-Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) and if passed this year would also roll back some of the “non-discrimination protections” Sununu pushed in 2018, according to the report.
Republican Speaker Pro Tempore Jim Kofalt, a cosponsor of the legislation, said the bill is a “critical step” to safeguarding women’s rights.
“The passage of HB 148 is a critical step toward safeguarding privacy, fairness, safety, and respect for all Granite Staters,” Kofalt said. “HB 148 protects vulnerable populations, ensuring that women in prisons, shelters, and detention centers aren’t forced to share intimate spaces with biological men.”
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