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Title: GOP governor vetoes bathroom bill for fourth time in two years
Post by: Jessica_Rose on July 16, 2026, 09:37:32 AM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on July 16, 2026, 09:37:32 AM
GOP governor vetoes bathroom bill for fourth time in two years
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/gop-governor-vetoes-bathroom-bill-for-fourth-time-in-two-years/
Alex Bollinger (16 July 2026)
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have banned trans people from using restrooms, joining sports teams, or being housed in prisons according to their sex assigned at birth.
"This bill is nearly identical to the Senate bill I vetoed last month, as well as two other bills I have vetoed," she said in a statement. "These bills are overly broad, poorly drafted, and create the potential for substantial litigation."
H.B. 1442 would have allowed businesses to ban trans people from using the correct restrooms, allowed schools to ban trans girls from sports teams, and allowed prisons to house trans women with cis men, without requiring anything. This makes it somewhat different from S.B. 552, a bill that Ayotte vetoed in June, which would have banned trans people from those areas, and from S.B. 268, which Ayotte vetoed in February and would have done the same.
New Hampshire passed a bill in 2024, signed by former Gov. Chris Sununu (R), that banned trans kids from joining school sports teams, and several students who challenged that bill just dropped their lawsuit in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in two cases about state trans sports bans. But Sununu also vetoed an anti-trans bathroom bill in 2024, saying that it "runs contrary to New Hampshire's Live Free or Die spirit."
Ayotte vetoed a similar bill in 2025 as well, making this the fifth time in three years that a bathroom bill has been vetoed in New Hampshire.
Republicans lack the numbers needed in the state legislature to override her veto.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/gop-governor-vetoes-bathroom-bill-for-fourth-time-in-two-years/
Alex Bollinger (16 July 2026)
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have banned trans people from using restrooms, joining sports teams, or being housed in prisons according to their sex assigned at birth.
"This bill is nearly identical to the Senate bill I vetoed last month, as well as two other bills I have vetoed," she said in a statement. "These bills are overly broad, poorly drafted, and create the potential for substantial litigation."
H.B. 1442 would have allowed businesses to ban trans people from using the correct restrooms, allowed schools to ban trans girls from sports teams, and allowed prisons to house trans women with cis men, without requiring anything. This makes it somewhat different from S.B. 552, a bill that Ayotte vetoed in June, which would have banned trans people from those areas, and from S.B. 268, which Ayotte vetoed in February and would have done the same.
New Hampshire passed a bill in 2024, signed by former Gov. Chris Sununu (R), that banned trans kids from joining school sports teams, and several students who challenged that bill just dropped their lawsuit in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in two cases about state trans sports bans. But Sununu also vetoed an anti-trans bathroom bill in 2024, saying that it "runs contrary to New Hampshire's Live Free or Die spirit."
Ayotte vetoed a similar bill in 2025 as well, making this the fifth time in three years that a bathroom bill has been vetoed in New Hampshire.
Republicans lack the numbers needed in the state legislature to override her veto.