"The bill, S.B. 268, sought to carve out exceptions to the state's 2018 anti-discrimination laws (which protect people from discrimination on the basis of "gender identity") and ban trans people from accessing any restrooms, locker rooms, prisons, detention centers, and non-voluntary treatment centers that match their gender identity. Furthermore, the bill sought to ban trans women from any "athletic or sporting events or competitions" in which "biological males" have physical advantages."
""There are certain limited circumstances in which classification of persons based on biological sex is proper because such classification serves the compelling state interests of protecting the privacy rights and physical safety of such persons and others," the bill stated, echoing right-wing rhetoric about trans people being a risk to other people's safety, especially in locker rooms and toilets. The broadly written bill neither explained how the law would be enforced nor provided any special penalties for violating it. As such, enforcement would have likely depended on individuals filing complaints if they shared a facility with a trans person, leaving state legal authorities to investigate and prosecute such claims."
Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed S.B. 268, an anti-transgender bathroom and sports bill. Republicans in the state legislature lack sufficient votes to override the veto. S.B. 268 would have created exceptions to New Hampshire's 2018 anti-discrimination protections for gender identity and would have barred transgender people from using restrooms, locker rooms, prisons, detention centers, and non-voluntary treatment centers that match their gender identity. The bill also would have banned transgender women from athletic competitions in which "biological males" have physical advantages. The bill asserted that classification by biological sex can protect privacy and safety but did not specify enforcement mechanisms or penalties, leaving enforcement to individual complaints and state investigations.
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