---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity."
description: "prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1319"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1319 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward A. Butler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28948703-1f24-4e2d-9325-56e28930a454"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2009&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "485c46a954466b668dbbae2fb7dcb32bd8346a3c33a93870e50a9a034ceee8e0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 1319 (2018) — prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2018-0680h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0680h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1022&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Refer to Interim Study — **11–12** (fail) · upper
- Adopt Amendment — **152–175** (fail) · lower
- OTP — **195–129** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward A. Butler — primary (person)
- Brian J. Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn M. Gargasz — cosponsor (person)
- Charles E. McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Erin T. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Woodburn — cosponsor (person)
- John Fothergill — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Darrow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Judiciary HJ 1 P. 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 01/31/2018 01:00 PM LOB 208
- **2018-02-07** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 02/13/2018 10:00 AM State House Reps Hall
- **2018-02-28** Executive Session: 02/27/2018 LOB 208
- **2018-02-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/06/2018 (Vote 10-8; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0680h (NT)
- **2018-03-07** Minority Amendment # 2018-0680h (Rep. Sylvia): AF RC 152-175 03/07/2018 HJ 7 P. 36
- **2018-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA RC 195-129 03/07/2018 HJ 7 P. 40 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Reconsider HB 1319 (Rep. T. Smith): MF VV 03/07/2018 HJ 7 P. 44
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Hearing: 04/16/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 17
- **2018-04-24** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 05/02/2018; SC 19
- **2018-05-02** Refer to Interim Study, RC 11Y-12N, MF; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Reagan Moved Ought to Pass; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 176; Eff. 7/8/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28948703-1f24-4e2d-9325-56e28930a454`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).