New Hampshire HB 1675: establishing a commission to investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and requiring funding only be provided for the direct services materially benefitting survivors of sexual and domestic assault.

Bill Text

HB 1675 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-3062

 09/08

HOUSE BILL 1675

AN ACT establishing a commission to investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and requiring funding only be provided for the direct services materially benefitting survivors of sexual and domestic assault. 

SPONSORS: Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Rep. D. Kelley, Hills. 32; Rep. Sabourin dit Choiniere, Rock. 30; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Flanagan, Hills. 45

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

 This bill establishes a commission to investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, subjects the coalition to annual audits, requiring funding only be provided to the coalition for services materially benefitting survivors of sexual and domestic assault, and removes the coalition's membership on any state commissions.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-3062

 09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT establishing a commission to investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and requiring funding only be provided for the direct services materially benefitting survivors of sexual and domestic assault. 

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

 1 New Subdivision; Commission to Investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. Amend RSA 21-M by inserting after section 19 the following new subdivision:

Commission to Investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence

 21-M:20 Commission to Investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.

 I. There is established a commission to investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. 

 II. The members of the commission shall be as follows: 

 (a) Six members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. 

 (b) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate. 

 III. Members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission. 

 IV. The commission's study shall include, but not be limited to, investigation of the following concerning the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence:

 (a) Whether discrepancies between IRS 990 forms and observed or reported actions taken by coalition or its employees, including but not limited to lobbying or electioneering activities, constitute violations of state or federal law, violations of the terms of federal grant or state fund recipients, or violations of IRS 501(c)(3) nonpartisan charitable nonprofit tax status, and whether there was intent to circumvent such laws and terms.

 (b) Whether lobbying efforts undertaken in 2017-2018 in support of “Marsy’s Law” legislation, by individuals in the employ of the coalition, while using coalition titles, auspices, and resources, and the discrepancies in required reporting payment for said lobbying efforts, constituted violations of state or federal law including RSA 15-A, violations of the terms of federal grant or state fund recipients, or violations of IRS 501(c)(3) nonpartisan charitable nonprofit tax status, and whether there was intent to circumvent such laws and terms.

 (c) Whether undue influence over the attorney general's officials or Concord city officials was used to circumvent lobbying restrictions in 2017-2018 regarding “Marsy’s Law” legislation.

 (d) Whether “fraud and abuse” of federal grant funds including but not limited to the Violence Against Women Act, Victims of Crime Act, Prison Rape Elimination Act, and other grants have arisen, as indicated by federal audit, due to improper actions of the coalition or its employees.

 (e) Whether the coalition has engaged in unlawful discrimination against male victims of sexual and domestic violence, or unlawful discrimination benefiting female perpetrators of sexual and domestic violence.

 (f) Whether the coalition has operated with conflicts of interest with respect to its role in the Youth Detention Center (YDC) cases between its ties with the attorney general's office and its representation of victims, with respect to legal staff potentially violating the American Bar Association's code of ethical conduct rule 1.11, and with respect to its role as a private nonprofit regarding work with governmental agencies such as the at