Senate to Vote on Right to Try Legislation This Week
Senate to Vote on Right to Try Legislation This Week
The New Hampshire Senate is currently considering HB 701, a right to try expansion that would give terminally ill patients greater access to next generation treatments in development.
Highlight: Exclusive Panel Discussion on X TONIGHT
Listen in to a panel on HB 701 with our attorney Ian Huyett and special guest speakers! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the bill you won’t want to miss this live event at 7pm EST tonight. This is a great opportunity to learn about Right to Try law and how HB 701 will improve our state!
By incorporating common-sense enhancements, including providing greater legal protections for patients and providers, HB 701 promises real relief for terminally ill individuals desperately seeking access to promising treatment options. It will not only advance life-affirming healthcare in New Hampshire, it will make our state the best jurisdiction in the country for clinical trials and seriously ill patients who are urgently seeking additional treatment options.Unfortunately, because of the very protections that will make these treatments more accessible, the organization representing plaintiff attorneys is diligently lobbying the Senate and encouraging them to oppose this vital legislation to keep their path to litigation open. Imagine the heartbreak for terminally ill individuals and their families who are denied a potential lifeline because of a medical provider’s fear of being taken to court.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
🎧Join the panel for a lively discussion on HB 701 at 7pm EST tonight and share this link!✅ HB 701 had an executive session resulting in the Senate HHS Committee voting OTP (Ought to Pass) on the bill. The bill will now thankfully go before the full Senate with an OTP recommendation.
❌ Unfortunately, the plaintiffs’ attorneys’ association will likely propose a floor amendment to strip liability protections for medical professionals, undermining the entire point of “right to try” laws and this bill. We have heard heartbreaking stories of denied access because of providers’ fear they will be taken to court.
đź“© We strongly urge you to contact your Senator and ask them to vote YES on the OTP motion, and to oppose any amendment to that bill that would remove the civil liability waiver.
Contact Governor Ayotte and Your Executive Councilor Today
On August 31, 2025, New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice James P. Bassett will retire, leaving his seat open to a replacement. His replacement could shape the direction of all NH law for decades to come, including on critical issues such as life, and religious and civil liberties.
While Justice Bassett’s upcoming retirement results in a more immediate opening, Justice Anna Hantz Marconi has a mandatory retirement date of February 12, 2026, leaving another vital seat open.
These openings are our last chance to get an originalist court for the next decade, one that would faithfully follow the meaning and intent of our state constitution as the writers intended. New Hampshire does not need an ideologically-driven activist Supreme Court.
Cornerstone is part of a coalition of conservative groups working to vet court candidates.
We urge you to contact Governor Kelly Ayotte and your Executive Councilor and tell them to make sure Justice Bassett’s replacement is someone who supports our constitution and fights for its protections of life and liberty. Urge them to oppose any stealth candidate with no public paper trail of their views on these critical issues.
You can find your Executive Councilor here. Simply click on the contact button of each Executive Councilor’s profile to view the list of towns they represent.
You can contact Governor Ayotte by emailing her at GovernorAyotte@governor.nh.gov, or calling (603) 271-2121.
Help Protect Churches from Unfair Taxes & Discrimination
The New Hampshire House is currently considering SB 291, a bill that, in its original form, would have expanded churches’ tax exemption to cover housing on church property that falls into one of these categories:
- Housing for church employees
- Housing provided as part of a residential program
- Rental units provided as part of the religious mission of the church
Additionally, SB 291, as originally written, would have protected churches that operate housing from discriminatory zoning enforcement and help expand affordable housing in NH.
Unfortunately, the current form of SB 291 will do more harm than good. The bill will now go before the full House.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
❌ We urge you to contact your representatives and ask them to table the current form of the bill, as it would curtail the tax exemptions of several churches.
✅ Ask your representatives to support a floor amendment to restore the bill to its original form.
