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NH Rev Stat § 354-A:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:17 - Unlawful Discriminatory Practices in Public Accommodations.

    354-A:17 Unlawful Discriminatory Practices in Public Accommodations. –||It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or employee of any place of public accommodation, because of the age, sex, gender identity, race, creed, color, marital status, physical or mental disability or national origin of any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from or deny to such person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof; or, directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display, post or mail any written or printed communication, notice or advertisement to the effect that any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any such place shall be refused, withheld from or denied to any person on account of age, sex, gender identity, race, creed, color, marital status, physical or mental disability or national origin; or that the patronage or custom thereat of any person belonging to or purporting to be of any particular age, sex, gender identity, race, creed, color, marital status, physical or mental disability or national origin is unwelcome, objectionable or acceptable, desired or solicited. In addition, no person shall be denied the benefit of the rights afforded by this section on account of that person's sexual orientation.|||Source. 1992, 224:1. 1997, 108:15, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2018, 176:9, eff. July 8, 2018. 2019, 332:2, eff. Oct. 15, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:18 - Exemption for Religious Organizations.

    354-A:18 Exemption for Religious Organizations. –||Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any organization operated for charitable or educational purposes, which is operated, supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, from limiting admission to or giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination or from making such selection as is calculated by such organization to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained.|||Source. 1992, 224:1, eff. May 13, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:19 - Retaliation and Required Records.

    354-A:19 Retaliation and Required Records. –||It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person engaged in any activity to which this chapter applies to discharge, expel, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against any person because he has opposed any practices forbidden under this chapter or because he has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this chapter.|||Source. 1992, 224:1, eff. May 13, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:20 - Required Records.

    354-A:20 Required Records. –||It shall not be an unlawful discriminatory practice to record any data required by law, or by the rules and regulations of any state or federal agency, provided such records are kept in good faith for the purpose of complying with law, and are not used for the purpose of discrimination in violation of this chapter.|||Source. 1992, 224:1, eff. May 13, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:21-a - Choice of Forum.

    354-A:21-a Choice of Forum. –||I. Any party alleging to be aggrieved by any practice made unlawful under this chapter may, at the expiration of 180 days after the timely filing of a complaint with the commission, or sooner if the commission assents in writing, but not later than 3 years after the alleged unlawful practice occurred, bring a civil action for damages or injunctive relief or both, in the superior court for the county in which the alleged unlawful practice occurred or in the county of residence of the party. Any party alleged to have committed any practice made unlawful under this chapter may, in any case in which a determination of probable cause has been made by the investigating commissioner, remove said complaint to superior court for trial. A court in cases so removed may award all damages and relief which could have been awarded by the commission, except that in lieu of an administrative fine, enhanced compensatory damages may be awarded when the court finds the respondent's discriminatory conduct to have been taken with willful or reckless disregard of the charging party's rights under this chapter. A superior court trial shall not be available to any party if a hearing before the commission has begun or has concluded pursuant to RSA 354-A:21, II(b), or to a complainant whose charge has been dismissed as lacking in probable cause who has not prevailed on an appeal to superior court pursuant to RSA 354-A:21, II(a). In superior court, either party is entitled to a trial by jury on any issue of fact in an action for damages regardless of whether the complaining party seeks affirmative relief.||II. The charging party shall notify the commission of the filing of any superior court action, and the respondent shall notify the commission of the removal to superior court after a finding of probable cause. After such notice, the commission shall dismiss the complaint without prejudice. A party electing to file a civil action with the superior court under paragraph I shall be barred from bringing any subsequent complaint before the commission based upon the same alleged unlawful discriminatory practice.||III. The commission may, after a finding of probable cause, bring suit in superior court at its own expense on behalf of an aggrieved person in housing discrimination cases.|||Source. 2000, 277:6. 2006, 126:5, 6, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:23 - Posting of Commission Notices.

    354-A:23 Posting of Commission Notices. –||Every person, employer, employment agency, labor union, real estate agency and rental office subject to this chapter shall post in a conspicuous place or places on his premises a notice to be prepared or approved by the commission, which shall set forth excerpts of this chapter and such other relevant information which the commission deems necessary to explain the chapter. Any employer, employment agency, real estate agency, rental office or labor union refusing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.|||Source. 1992, 224:1, eff. May 13, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:24 - Criminal Penalty.

    354-A:24 Criminal Penalty. –||Any person, employer, labor organization or employment agency, who or which shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the commission or any of its members or representatives in the performance of duty under RSA 354-A, or shall willfully violate an order of the commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Procedure for the review of the order shall not be deemed to be such willful conduct.|||Source. 1992, 224:1, eff. May 13, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:25 - Construction.

    354-A:25 Construction. –||No provision of this chapter shall be deemed to supersede any other provision of law for the protection of minors or for the regulation of the employment of minors. The provisions of this chapter shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of the purposes thereof. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of the civil rights law or any other law of this state relating to discrimination because of age, sex, gender identity, race, creed, color, marital status, physical or mental disability or national origin; but, as to acts declared unlawful by this chapter the procedure provided in this chapter shall, while pending, be exclusive and the final determination therein shall exclude any other action, civil or criminal, based on the same grievance of the individual concerned. If such individual institutes any action based on such grievance without resorting to the procedure provided in this chapter, such person may not subsequently resort to the procedure in this chapter, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent any individual from applying for or receiving unemployment compensation while the procedure provided for in this chapter is pending or after the procedure provided in this chapter has been concluded. This section shall not prevent the commission for human rights from investigating and acting upon a complaint of discrimination when the complainant has also filed a claim for unemployment compensation in which the issue of illegal discrimination is raised.|||Source. 1992, 224:1, eff. May 13, 1992. 2018, 176:10, eff. July 8, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:26 - Severability.

    354-A:26 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.|||Source. 1992, 224:1, eff. May 13, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:27 - Opportunity for Public Education Without Discrimination a Civil Right.

    354-A:27 Opportunity for Public Education Without Discrimination a Civil Right. –||No person shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination in public schools because of their age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, marital status, familial status, disability, religion or national origin, all as defined in this chapter.|||Source. 2019, 282:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:28 - Procedure on Public School Complaints.

    354-A:28 Procedure on Public School Complaints. –||I. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by a discriminatory practice prohibited under RSA 354-A:27 may initiate a civil action in superior court against a school or school district for legal or equitable relief, or file a complaint with the commission as provided in RSA 354-A:21. The attorney general may also initiate such a civil action in superior court or by complaint with the commission.||II. Any complaint filed with the commission pursuant to paragraph I shall comply with and be subject to the procedures outlined in this chapter, with the exception that such complaints may be removed to superior court at any time in compliance with RSA 508:4.|||Source. 2019, 282:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:29 - Right to Freedom from Discrimination in Public Workplaces and Education.

    354-A:29 Right to Freedom from Discrimination in Public Workplaces and Education. –||I. The general court hereby finds and declares that practices of discrimination against any New Hampshire inhabitants because of age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin are a matter of state concern, that discrimination based on these characteristics not only threatens the rights and proper privileges of New Hampshire inhabitants but menaces the institutions and foundation of a free democratic state and threatens the peace, order, health, safety and general welfare of the state and its inhabitants.||II. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit racial, sexual, religious, or other workplace sensitivity training based on the inherent humanity and equality of all persons and the ideal that all persons are entitled to be treated with equality, dignity, and respect.||III. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit the academic freedom of faculty members of the university system of New Hampshire and the community college system of New Hampshire to conduct research, publish, lecture, or teach in the academic setting.|||Source. 2021, 91:297, eff. June 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:30 - Definitions.

    354-A:30 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Government program" means any activity undertaken by a public employer, both as an employer and in performance of its government function.||II. "Public employee" means any person working on a full-time or part-time basis for the state, or any subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities.||III. "Public employer" includes the state or any subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities.|||Source. 2021, 91:297, eff. June 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:31 - Prohibition on Public Employers.

    354-A:31 Prohibition on Public Employers. –||No public employer, either directly or through the use of an outside contractor, shall teach, advocate, instruct, or train any employee, student, service recipient, contractor, staff member, inmate, or any other individual or group, any one or more of the following:||I. That people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin, are inherently superior or inferior to people of another age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin;||II. That an individual, by virtue of his or her age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously;||III. That an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin; or||IV. That people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin cannot and should not attempt to treat others equally and/or without regard to age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin.|||Source. 2021, 91:297, eff. June 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:32 - Prohibition on the Content of Government Programs and Speech.

    354-A:32 Prohibition on the Content of Government Programs and Speech. –||No government program shall teach, advocate, or advance any one or more of the following:||I. That people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin are inherently superior or inferior to people of another age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin;||II. That an individual, by virtue of his or her age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously;||III. That an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin; or||IV. That people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin cannot and should not attempt to treat others equally and/or without regard to age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin.|||Source. 2021, 91:297, eff. June 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:33 - Protection for Public Employees.

    354-A:33 Protection for Public Employees. –||No public employee shall be subject to any adverse employment action, warning, or discipline of any kind for refusing to participate in any training, program, or other activity at which a public employer or government program advocates, trains, teaches, instructs, or compels participants to express belief in, or support for, any one or more of the following:||I. That people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin are inherently superior or inferior to people of another age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin;||II. That an individual, by virtue of his or her age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously;||III. That an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin; or||IV. That people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin cannot and should not attempt to treat others equally and/or without regard to age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin.|||Source. 2021, 91:297, eff. June 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-A:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-A - State Commission for Human Rights|Section 354-A:34 - Remedies.

    354-A:34 Remedies. –||Any person aggrieved by an act made unlawful under this subdivision may pursue all of the remedies available under RSA 354-A, RSA 491, RSA 275-E, or RSA 98-E, or any other applicable common law or statutory cause of action.|||Source. 2021, 91:297, eff. June 25, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-B - Civil Rights Act|Section 354-B:1 - Civil Rights Enforcement.

    354-B:1 Civil Rights Enforcement. –||I. All persons have the right to engage in lawful activities and to exercise and enjoy the rights secured by the United States and New Hampshire Constitutions and the laws of the United States and New Hampshire without being subject to actual or threatened physical force or violence against them or any other person or by actual or threatened damage to or trespass on property when such actual or threatened conduct is motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or disability. "Threatened physical force" and "threatened damage to or trespass on property" is a communication, by physical conduct or by declaration, of an intent to inflict harm on a person or a person's property by some unlawful act with a purpose to terrorize or coerce.||II. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere or attempt to interfere with the rights secured by this chapter.|||Source. 1999, 325:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000. 2019, 332:8, eff. Oct. 15, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-B - Civil Rights Act|Section 354-B:2 - Civil Action by Attorney General.

    354-B:2 Civil Action by Attorney General. –||I. Whenever the attorney general has probable cause to believe that any person has violated any provision of this chapter, the attorney general may bring a civil action for injunctive or other appropriate equitable relief.||II. The civil action brought by the attorney general shall be filed in the superior court or, in the case of a child under the age of 17, either in superior court or the district court in the county or judicial district where the alleged violator resides or where the alleged conduct occurred. In the case of a child under the age of 17, all such proceedings shall be confidential.||III. Testimony given during civil proceedings held under this chapter by a person alleged to have violated any provision of this chapter shall not be admissible in a criminal proceeding against that person when the criminal proceeding is based on the same event.||IV. In a civil action brought under this chapter, the attorney general shall have the burden of proving the violation by clear and convincing evidence.|||Source. 1999, 325:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 354-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 354-B - Civil Rights Act|Section 354-B:3 - Remedies.

    354-B:3 Remedies. –||Each violation of this chapter is a civil violation for which the court may impose any of the following:||I. A civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation.||II. Such appropriate injunctive relief as the court may deem necessary to prevent continued violation of this chapter or to protect lawful exercise of the rights secured by this chapter.||III. Other equitable relief, including restitution to any person damaged by the violation. For the purposes of this paragraph "restitution" means out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the person damaged by the violation to the extent not covered by other sources.||IV. Nothing in this section shall limit the right of the person damaged by the violation to pursue any other appropriate cause of action.|||Source. 1999, 325:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|