1. United States
2. N.H.
3. Letter

I'm writing as a constituent (to both my state representatives and the Governor) to express my deep relief that HB1675 was tabled, and my urgent hope that it stays that way. The NH Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence serves some of the most vulnerable people in our state: survivors of rape, domestic abuse, and intimate partner violence. The Coalition doesn't just answer phones; it trains the advocates who do, coordinates services across member programs, and fights for policies that protect survivors at the legislative level. HB1675 would have kneecapped all of that by restricting funding to "direct services only," a restriction that sounds fiscally responsible but is, in practice, a way to defund the infrastructure that makes direct services possible at all. Equally alarming was the bill's commission mechanism: a legislatively mandated investigation of a specific nonprofit, with no demonstrated wrongdoing as justification. That is not accountability. That is harassment dressed up in legislative language, and it sets a precedent that should concern anyone who values the independence of civil society organizations from political retribution. The House was right to leave this bill on the table. I'm asking my representatives and the Governor to make clear that it will stay there, and that New Hampshire stands with survivors, not against the organizations that protect them.