SB551: Relative to legal protections for legal reproductive health care services.
Introduced
Senate
Keyword matches: ["medical"]
Summary
This bill aimed to establish legal protections for individuals providing or receiving legal reproductive healthcare services in New Hampshire. Had it passed, it would have strengthened access to reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy for residents, particularly women and transgender individuals. The bill was killed in the Senate.
Sponsors
Debra Altschiller
D - SD-024
Primary
Cindy Rosenwald
D - SD-013
Co-sponsor
Donovan Fenton
D - SD-010
Co-sponsor
David Watters
D - SD-004
Co-sponsor
Patrick Long
D - SD-020
Co-sponsor
Tara Reardon
D - SD-015
Co-sponsor
Suzanne Prentiss
D - SD-005
Co-sponsor
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka
D - SD-021
Co-sponsor
Alexis Simpson
D - HD-33-ROC
Co-sponsor
Laura Telerski
D - HD-11-HIL
Co-sponsor
History
- 2025-11-24 Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; Senate Journal 1
- 2026-02-05 Hearing: 02/11/2026, Room 103, State House, 01:40 pm; Senate Calendar 5
- 2026-02-17 Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/05/2026, Vote 3-2; Senate Calendar 8
- 2026-03-05 Special Order to the end of the calendar, Without Objection, Motion Adopted; 03/05/2026; Senate Journal 5
- 2026-03-05 Inexpedient to Legislate, Regular Calendar 16Y-8N, Motion Adopted === BILL KILLED ===; 03/05/2026; Senate Journal 5
Committee Referrals
2025-11-24
Judiciary
Senate
Calendar Events
Past Events (1)
2026-02-11
Hearing - Room 103, State House
Votes
Inexpedient to Legislate
2026-03-05
Passed
Yea: 16
Nay: 8
NV: 0
Absent: 0
Individual Votes (24)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Rosenwald | Nay | Daniel Innis | Yea |
| David Watters | Nay | Daryl Abbas | Yea |
| Debra Altschiller | Nay | David Rochefort | Yea |
| Donovan Fenton | Nay | Denise Ricciardi | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Howard Pearl | Yea |
| Rebecca Perkins Kwoka | Nay | James Gray | Yea |
| Suzanne Prentiss | Nay | Keith Murphy | Yea |
| Tara Reardon | Nay | Kevin Avard | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Yea | ||
| Regina Birdsell | Yea | ||
| Ruth Ward | Yea | ||
| Sharon Carson | Yea | ||
| Tim McGough | Yea | ||
| Timothy Lang | Yea | ||
| Victoria Sullivan | Yea | ||
| William Gannon | Yea |