New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Vetoes Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill Yet Again

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

New Hampshire's Republican Governor Vetoes Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill Yet Again

https://www.them.us/story/new-hampshire-kelly-ayotte-bathroom-bill-veto#intcid=_them-article-bottom-recirc-bkt-a_3be51530-cfc6-4a81-aa79-0adc55362bed_closr_fallback_text2vec1 🔗

Abby Monteil (10 Feb 2026)

On February 6, New Hampshire's Republican governor Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill that would have banned trans people from bathrooms, sporting events, and other spaces that align with their gender identity.

Sponsored by Republican state senators Kevin Avard and Tim Lang, Senate Bill 268 sought to create exceptions to New Hampshire's nondiscrimination laws, which were updated to prohibit housing, employment, and public space discrimination against trans people in 2018. SB 268 would have redefined "biological sex" as male or female as assigned at birth, allowing both public and private entities to bar trans people from accessing bathrooms, locker rooms, athletic events, and detention facilities under this definition. The legislation is virtually identical to HB 148, another anti-trans bill that Ayotte vetoed in 2025.

"I made it clear that this issue needed to be addressed in a thoughtful, narrow way that protects the privacy, safety, and rights of all Granite Staters," Ayotte said in a statement. "Unfortunately, there is minimal difference between Senate Bill 268 and the bill I vetoed last year, which [previous New Hampshire] Governor [Chris] Sununu vetoed the year prior."

Ayotte agreed with some of HB 148's provisions when she vetoed the bill in July 2025, writing, "I believe there are important and legitimate privacy and safety concerns raised by biological males using places such as female locker rooms and being placed in female correctional facilities."

However, the governor ultimately concluded that the bill was too "overly broad and impractical to enforce," and could lead to "an exclusionary environment for some of our citizens."

[Rochelle]

Ok, some common sense rather than vote for it and see how it goes.  The Northeast is mostly very blue with NH being purplish.  Politicians here have to go with the flow as every border state allows different things and the citizens have certain expectations.  They (leaders) have to adjust to remain friendly with the adjacent states or very rapidly get voted out.