SB 260 · 2025 · Senate · Judiciary Committee
Abortion access rights
AI-generatedrelative to access to abortion care.
Provides that the state shall not infringe upon an individual's right to terminate a pregnancy prior to 24 weeks gestation.AI-generated
Status
Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 27, 2025- ✓Introduced
- ✕Senate
- House
- Governor
- Law
Analysis
This bill provides that the state shall not infringe upon an individual’s right to terminate their pregnancy prior to 24 weeks gestation.
From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.
In the bill's words
Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site
“Prior to 24 weeks gestation, an individual’s right to terminate their own pregnancy shall not be infringed upon in this state.”
Official record
gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source
Sponsors
- Sen. Cindy RosenwaldDDeputy Democratic Leader
- Sen. Rebecca Perkins KwokaDMinority Leader
- Rep. Laura TelerskiDDeputy Democratic Leader
Also: Sen. Donovan FentonD
Public testimony
No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record
Votes
yeanay- Mar 27, 2025SenateCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate3–2Overall60% yea
- Overall67% yeaParty-line voteRepublicans16–0100% yeaDemocrats0–80% yea
Hearings and debates
- Mar 11, 2025Public hearingSenate Judiciary1:12:35–1:21:028m 27slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
- Mar 27, 2025Floor debateSenate floor4:28:37–4:41:1212m 35slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Inexpedient to Legislate — adopted, roll call 16-8
Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.
Legislative history
- Jan 9, 2025SenIntroduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3
- Mar 11, 2025SenHearing: 03/11/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 12
- Mar 27, 2025SenCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/27/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 14
- Mar 27, 2025SenInexpedient to Legislate, RC 16Y-8N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
Coverage
No reporting linked yet.
Background reading
Evergreen reading on the policy area — spanning perspectives — not coverage of this specific bill.
- New Hampshire abortion policyReproductive rights
Guttmacher Institute — The current statutory landscape, including the 24-week limit and its exceptions.AI-generated
KFF — State-by-state limits and how New Hampshire's compares.AI-generated
- New Hampshire Right to LifeAnti-abortion
New Hampshire Right to Life — The organized opposition to resolutions and bills of this kind in Concord.AI-generated
Documents (PDF)
Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.