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HB1077 • 2026

including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.

including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Buzz Scherr (D)
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.

including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.

What This Bill Does

  • including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 12

  2. 2026-02-06 H

    Executive Session: 01/21/2026 10:00 am GP 232

  3. 2026-02-06 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/29/2026 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 7 P. 9

  4. 2026-01-14 H

    Public Hearing: 01/21/2026 10:00 am GP 232

  5. 2025-11-12 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 5

Official Summary Text

including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1077 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2451
12/09

HOUSE BILL
1077

AN ACT
including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.

SPONSORS: Rep. Scherr, Rock. 26

COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill adds the instruction of domestic violence prevention within the required health education, physical education, and wellness curriculum for pupils.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2451
12/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils.

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

1 Instruction of Domestic Violence Prevention Required. Amend RSA 189:10, II to read as follows:
II. The school board shall ensure that health education, physical education to include the importance of exercise, and wellness, are taught to pupils as part of the curriculum, specifically to include physiology, hygiene, health and interpersonal relationships, physical education, and wellness, as they relate to the effects of alcohol and other drugs, prevention of
domestic and
sexual violence, child abuse as established in the definition of "abused child" under RSA 169-C:3, II, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and sexually transmitted diseases on the human system.

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