[RSA 354-B:1 effective until January 1, 2027; see also RSA 354-B:1 set out below.]
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.
[RSA 354-B:1 effective January 1, 2027; see also RSA 354-B:1 above.]
354-B:1 Civil Rights Enforcement. –
I. (a) Any person who, motivated in whole or in part by hostility, including but not limited to animus, bias, or prejudice, toward the race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or disability of the person, group, or organization directly or indirectly targeted by the unlawful act, or the affiliation or association of the person, group, or organization directly or indirectly targeted by the unlawful act with a person or people of a certain race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or disability, knowingly commits one of the following unlawful acts shall be subject to civil liability under RSA 354-B:2 and to the remedies provided in RSA 354-B:3 and RSA 354-B:4:
(1) Using unprivileged force against another;
(2) Committing an act of violence against another;
(3) Causing damage to or trespassing on the property of another; or
(4) Threatening to commit any of the acts listed above.
(b) In this section, "threatening to commit" means the communication, by physical conduct or by declaration, of an intent to inflict harm or damage to a person or property that, taken in the context of surrounding circumstances, would convey to a reasonable person that the actor has the apparent ability to carry out the threat and the real possibility that such harm or damage may occur.
II. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any conduct or speech that is protected under the United States Constitution or the New Hampshire constitution.
III. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere or attempt to interfere with the rights secured by this chapter.