HB 1416, Protecting PRCs: Senate Hearing Next Week
HB 1416, introduced by Rep. Sam Farrington, safeguards pregnancy resource centers (PRC) by ensuring they can operate according to their mission without fear of government overreach. HB 1416 would prohibit the state and municipalities from mandating that pregnancy resource centers perform abortions, provide contraception, or refer clients for such services.
Last month, HB 1416 passed the NH House on a vote of 176-163.
While offering protections like this to organizations that offer help to some of society’s most vulnerable seems like common-sense, every single Democrat opposed the bill. Unfortunately, six Republicans also voted against HB 1416.
Now the bill moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee — and this is where your voice is needed most.
If you are a director of a pregnancy resource center, we are specifically calling on you to attend the upcoming hearing and testify in person. Senators need to hear firsthand from the people on the front lines — the directors who run these centers, serve these women, and understand what is at stake if this protection fails. Your testimony could make the difference.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
⏰ HB 1416 has been scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, April 28, at 1:40pm, in the State House room 100.
✅ Register your support of HB 1416 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, especially if you are a director of a pregnancy resource center or have ever benefitted from their services. The hearing will be in the State House, at 107 N Main St, Concord, NH 03301, in room 100.
🚨 Note: if you have never testified before, you can find instructions here.
📩 If you are having trouble with the online sign in, please contact the Senate Judiciary Committee directly and ask them to support the bill.
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 been at the forefront of fighting sickness. We are called to help those in need — 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”.
HB 1268, the Home Education Freedom Act: Upcoming Committee Vote
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 will now have an executive session in the Senate Education Committee. During an executive session, the committee will vote to recommend the bill as OTP (ought to pass) or ITL (inexpedient to legislate).
✅ Please contact the Senate Education Committee and urge them to vote OTP (Ought to Pass) on HB 1268.
📩 You can email the full committee here.
📖 Read an op-ed from Cornerstone’s Shannon McGinley outlining the importance of this bill.
🎥 Watch Shannon McGinley’s testimony in support of the bill here.
Cornerstone Joins America Reads the Bible
America Reads the Bible is a national Scripture-reading event and movement led by Christians Engaged – a nonprofit organization committed to discipling Americans on biblical worldview and their responsibilities as citizens to pray, vote, and engage for the wellbeing of our nation.
This past week, Cornerstone happily took part in this national movement of faith with our Church Ambassador Network Director, Deacon Fran Burke, reading from Psalms!
🎥 Watch Deacon Fran read the scriptures here!
⛪️ Learn more about America Reads the Bible here.