New Hampshire legislation · 2025 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1522: (New Title) relative to amending and adding definitions related to the protection of persons from domestic violence and relative
Status: Passed one chamber, May 21, 2026
(New Title) relative to amending and adding definitions related to the protection of persons from domestic violence and relative to the domestic violence fatality review committee.
What the bill says
An act establishing a free speech advisory commission. Rep. Newell, Ches. 4 COMMITTEE: Judiciary ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill establishes a commission to receive complaints, conduct preliminary reviews, and refer potential violations of state law regarding coercive conduct that chills speech to the department of justice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matte.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT establishing a free speech advisory commission. Rep. Newell, Ches. 4 COMMITTEE: Judiciary ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill establishes a commission to receive complaints, conduct preliminary reviews, and refer potential violations of state law regarding coercive conduct that chills speech to the department of justice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-3116 07/06 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT establishing a free speech advisory commission. 21-M:16-b Free Speech Advisory Commission. I. There is established a standing commission to receive complaints, conduct preliminary reviews, and refer potential violations of state law regarding coercive conduct that chills speech to the department of justice. II. Notwithstanding RSA 14:49, II(c), …