Urge Your Senator to Pass NH’s 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 is before the NH Senate Health and Human Services Committee. It passed the full House 181–151 and 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.
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.
Whether this bill advances depends heavily on three Republican senators on the HHS Committee. If you live in their districts, your call today could make the difference.
📍 Do You Live in One of These Districts?
The quickest way to check is to enter your address at the NH General Court’s “Who’s My Legislator” tool. Here’s who to look for:
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.”
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
📋 HB 1735 passed the full House 181–151 and is now before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
✅ Ask them to vote YES on HB 1735 to expand access to life-saving experimental treatments.
Urgent: Call Your House Rep —SB 552 Is Going to the Floor
SB 552 has cleared the House Judiciary Committee and is now headed to the full House floor for a vote. This is the moment. Your representative needs to hear from you now.
Across New Hampshire — in Interlakes, Milford, and New Ipswich — biological males identifying as females have abused unrestricted access to female locker rooms, resulting in normalized harassment. Because no law explicitly permits the state to separate biological sexes, the NH Department of Justice claims the state is prohibited from doing so. SB 552 fixes this by confirming that public entities are not forbidden from differentiating between biological sexes in athletics, prisons, and intimate spaces.
This is the most legally sound biological-sex bill before the legislature — carefully drafted as an allowance bill, not a mandate. Three prior bills on this issue have already reached governors’ desks — and been vetoed. Now it’s time to send it to the governor again.
Only 10% of Granite Staters agree with the Governor’s position that biological sex separation in restrooms and locker rooms should be illegal. The more that the media reports on these vetoes, the more the Governor will hear from Granite Staters who want these bills to pass. It’s time for common sense and the dignity and privacy of our daughters to prevail over politics.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
🗓️ SB 552 will now go before the full House for a vote.
📞 Contact your House representative and urge them to vote YES on SB 552.
✅ Remind them this bill simply confirms what has always been common sense — the state is allowed to recognize biological sex.
📖 Read Shannon McGinley’s full testimony at NHCornerstone.org
📩 You can find your representatives here.
HB 1416, Protecting PRCs: Senate Hearing Ahead
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, choosing to side with those who wish to see men and women providing help to women and babies in need forced to violate their consciences.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
✍️ HB 1416 has now been assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
📩 Please contact the Senate Judiciary Committeeand ask them to support the bill.
👀 Keep an eye out for the upcoming hearing date and information.
HB 1195, Childcare Access Senate Hearing Soon
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.
Young families across New Hampshire are struggling to find affordable childcare. The problem isn’t lack of willing providers — it’s that restrictive local zoning often prevents neighbors from offering care in their own homes. HB 1195 treats home-based childcare like any other permitted home occupation, while maintaining all state licensing standards.
After passing the House in a voice vote, last month, HB 1195 will now head to the Senate.
You can read more about the importance of this bill in our Executive Director’s op-ed.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
✍️ HB 1195 has now been assigned to the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee.
📩 Please contact the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee and ask them to support the bill.
👀 Keep an eye out for the upcoming hearing date and information.
HB 1268, the Home Education Freedom Act Senate Hearing this Month
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 now been assigned to the Senate Education Committee.
📩 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.
👀 Keep an eye out for the upcoming hearing date and information.