Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits public schools in the state from requiring students to wear masks in school in New Hampshire.

Highlights:

• Prohibits public schools in New Hampshire from adopting, enforcing, or implementing any policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a mask for any purpose while on the school’s property (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill do not apply if masks are required under another section of the law (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall not prohibit schools from requiring students to wear protective athletic gear or scientific protective equipment (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect 60 days after its passage (Sec. 2).

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