{"bill":{"bill_key":"NH-HB1529-2022","title":"Requiring prospective employees and volunteers of public libraries to obtain a background check prior to commencing employment or volunteer service.","side":"anti","state":"NH","year":2022,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Requiring prospective employees and volunteers of public libraries to obtain a background check prior to commencing employment or volunteer service.","notes":"Legislation doesn't directly include references to drag, but the public discussion included bill authors and advocates painting drag queens from story hours as child predators. One lawmaker was sued by drag queens for defamation in 2022 and settled out of court in 2024","types_str":"Censorship: Drag Ban","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1529/2022","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 1529, 167th Gen. Ct., Reg. Sess. (N.H. 2022), https://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2229&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022&txtbillnumber=HB1529.","short":"N.H. H.B. 1529."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"David Love","party":"R","state":"NH","district":"HD-13-ROC","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-19797"},{"name":"Terry Roy","party":"R","state":"NH","district":"HD-31-ROC","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-19877"},{"name":"John Potucek","party":"R","state":"NH","district":"HD-06-ROC","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-16889"}],"citations":["RSA:202-A","RSA:202-A:11"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":4756}]}}