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House passes Parental Bill of Rights after hours of debate and amendments
Summary
The New Hampshire House advanced House Bill 10, the "Parental Bill of Rights," adopting a committee amendment and a later floor amendment after extensive debate about scope, mandatory disclosures and protections for mandated reporters.
The New Hampshire House passed House Bill 10, commonly described as the Parental Bill of Rights, after adopting a committee amendment and further floor amendments following several hours of debate.
Supporters said the bill clarifies parents' fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children; opponents warned some language could conflict with existing state and federal laws and place educators and mandated reporters in impossible positions.
Representative Deborah DeSimone (majority sponsor) told colleagues the amendment aims to affirm parental rights already recognized by the state constitution. "For the past 40 years or so, slowly but surely, parents are losing the right to parent their children," DeSimone said on the floor, citing Part I, Article 2 of the New Hampshire Constitution as the basis…
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