HB 1735 Committee Vote Expected: Urge Your Senator to Pass Life-Saving Biotech Bill
Last year, Cornerstone led the charge on New Hampshire’s Right to Try law, protecting access to cutting-edge treatments for the terminally ill. Now we are proud to endorse HB 1735, which represents a generational opportunity to make New Hampshire the premier destination in America for cutting-edge innovation, promote medical freedom, and serve patients in need.
From Christ’s own ministry — restoring sight to the blind, movement to the lame, and wholeness to the broken — to the founding of the first hospitals, Christians have never accepted suffering as something to passively endure. We are called to act — and HB 1735 gives New Hampshire the chance to do exactly that.
Life-changing emerging therapies are being created here right now. But we’re losing ground. Montana and Florida have already built more competitive frameworks. One provider that creates bone grafts for people with injuries or physical deformities manufactures its products in Manchester but can only sell them in Florida. New Hampshire has everything we need to be the best — we just need the law to match the opportunity.
The FDA has no viable pathway for commercializing individualized gene therapies. State right-to-try frameworks fill that gap. This will not be the “Wild West.” Patients are still protected by DHHS regulation, malpractice liability, and professional licensing.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
📋 HB 1735 passed the full House 181–151 and is now before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. The hearing has concluded — a committee vote is expected imminently.
📞 Whether this bill advances depends heavily on the Senate HHS Committee. Below is a list of the committee members and their contact information. We urge you to call them and ask them to vote OTP (ought to pass) on HB 1735.
🗣️ Suggested script: “Hi, I’m a constituent calling to ask Senator [Name] to please vote yes on HB 1735. This bill will expand access to life-saving experimental treatments and keep New Hampshire’s most innovative companies from going overseas. Thank you.”
📩 Additionally, you can email the Senators on the HHS Committee here.
✅ Ask them to vote YES on HB 1735 to expand access to life-saving experimental treatments.
📖 Read remarks from Cornerstone’s Ian Huyett on why Christians should support “right to try”.
This Tuesday: HB 1195 Hearing, More Childcare Options for NH Families
HB 1195, relative to municipal zoning requirements for child day care providers, requires towns and cities to allow child care facilities to operate by right in appropriate zones if they meet state licensing requirements — rather than letting local ordinances restrict or block them.
New Hampshire families are struggling to find affordable, trustworthy childcare. The problem is not a lack of willing providers. In many communities, neighbors and churches who want to offer care are blocked by zoning rules that treat childcare differently from other home-based activities. HB 1195 fixes that — requiring municipalities to allow childcare providers to operate by right in appropriate zones, as long as they meet state licensing requirements. It passed the full House and now needs the Senate to act.
As our Executive Director Shannon McGinley writes: communities often go to great lengths to accommodate animals — creating spaces, changing rules, and adjusting zoning when necessary. Yet when it comes to supporting families raising children, the response is often far less accommodating. If we are willing to adjust our rules to accommodate animals, surely we can remove barriers that help families raise the next generation.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
🗓️ HB 1195 has been scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee Tuesday, April 21, at 9:45am in the State House Room 122-123.
✅ Register your support of HB 1195 by signing in. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to sign in.
✍️ Submit written testimony. You can do this when you sign in. Simply hit “choose file” under step number four to upload a document with your testimony, or type your testimony into the provided box.
📩 Please contact the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee and ask them to support the bill.
📍 Attend the hearing and testify in person. The hearing will be at the NH State House, 107 N Main St, Concord, NH 03301, room 122-123. If you have never testified before, you can find instructions here.
⛪️️ Note for Churches: Cornerstone’s Church Ambassador Network (CAN) of New Hampshire has been actively working to advance this bill on behalf of families and church communities across the state. If you are a leader of a NH Church, we’d love to see you at the hearing — please consider testifying in support from a pro-family perspective.
HB 1268, the Home Education Freedom Act: Senate Hearing this Tuesday
Rep. Kristin Noble’s HB 1268, The Home Education Freedom Act, is one of the most significant pro-liberty homeschooling reforms in New Hampshire history. Under current law, homeschooling families are required to file notices of intent, maintain portfolios, and complete annual evaluations—requirements that many parents find intrusive and unnecessary.
This bill makes those requirements optional rather than mandated, trusting parents—not bureaucrats—to direct their children’s education. It also creates important protections ensuring that the choice to homeschool cannot be used as evidence of educational neglect, prohibits school officials from creating policies governing homeschoolers, and protects the privacy and autonomy of homeschool families. Families educating children with special needs are protected as well.
HB 1268 sends a clear message: New Hampshire respects and trusts its homeschooling families.
In March, HB 1268 passed the House on a vote of 174-166. It now heads to the Senate.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
🗓️ HB 1268 has been scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Education Committee, Tuesday, April 21, at 9:45am.
✅ Register your support of HB 1268 by signing in. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to sign in.
✍️ Submit written testimony. You can do this when you sign in. Simply hit “choose file” under step number four to upload a document with your testimony, or type your testimony into the provided box.
📍 Attend the hearing and testify in person. The hearing will be at the NH State Library, 20 Park St, Concord, NH 03301, in the Map Room on the 2nd floor.
🚨 Note: the State Library is immediately to the right of the State House, when looking at the main entrance. Parking remains the same as if you were attending a hearing in the State House. You can find parking instructions here.
📩 Please contact the Senate Education Committee and ask them to support the bill.
📖 Read an op-ed from Cornerstone’s Shannon McGinley outlining the importance of this bill.
Join New Hampshire in the National Day of Prayer!
This year’s National Day of Prayer falls on Thursday, May 7th, and New Hampshire has gatherings happening across the state. Whether you’re in Concord, Dover, Portsmouth, Keene, or the Lakes Region, there’s likely an event near you. Join fellow believers in lifting up our families, communities, and nation in prayer.