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HB1093: prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.

Bill status: Vetoed by Governor

Citation
2024 HB1093
Official source

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Veto Sustained
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
Senate Health and Human Services
Hearing
04/17/2024 at 09:45 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Health and Human Services Education

Official links

HB 1093 - FINAL VERSION

28Mar2024... 0911h

2024 SESSION

24-2450

02/05

HOUSE BILL 1093

AN ACT prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.

SPONSORS: Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Quaratiello, Rock. 18; Rep. Belcher, Carr. 4; Rep. Phillips, Rock. 7; Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits school boards and other public education agencies from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

28Mar2024... 0911h 24-2450

02/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Schools; Facial Coverings Policy. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 74 the following new section:

189:75 Facial Covering Policy for Schools. The school board of a school district or the chief executive officer of a chartered public school or public academy shall not adopt, enforce, or implement a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering for any purpose while on the school’s property unless the facial covering is necessary for a specific extracurricular or instructional purpose, or is required by some other section of the law. In this section, “facial covering” means any item worn on the face which covers a student’s mouth, nose, or both. This provision shall not prohibit any public school board or governing person or body of a school from requiring participating students to wear athletic gear intended to protect against concussive or similar sports-related physical damage, or to wear protective equipment while handling chemicals, fire, or other similar hazardous elements for scientific or similar educational purposes. Further, this provision shall not prohibit policies that may require facial coverings as part of a student's individualized education program pursuant to RSA 186-C or accommodation plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq).

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

VETOED July 3, 2024 | Veto Sustained October 10, 2024