So what is up with NH Liberty Alliance? Actually captured by conservatives or what?
The "Libertarian" Sponsors of State Force
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The specific bills mentioned (like the DMV restrictions and bathroom bans) are not being pushed by traditional conservatives alone, but by legislators with A+ ratings from the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance.
Rep. Erica Layon (R-Derry): A prominent Free Stater, Layon is the prime sponsor of HB 1442 (2026), which seeks to criminalize trans people using bathrooms aligned with their gender as "willful trespass." She explicitly argues that "transgender people have greater rights than all women" and uses the state to enforce her definition of biology.
Rep. Seth King (R-Whitefield) & Rep. Jim Kofalt (R-Wilton): Both associated with the libertarian bloc, they sponsored bills to strip "gender identity" from state law entirely, allowing businesses and the state to discriminate based on "biological sex."
The Liberty Alliance Stance: The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance, the political scorecard for the Free State Project, explicitly defended these bills in 2026. They stated: "The right to privacy and safety for those who present as their biological sex outweighs the interest of others... As a result, it is a reasonable protection of liberty to allow for the use of shared public spaces to be separated on the basis of biological sex."
The "Libertarian" Sponsors of State Force
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The specific bills mentioned (like the DMV restrictions and bathroom bans) are not being pushed by traditional conservatives alone, but by legislators with A+ ratings from the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance.
Rep. Erica Layon (R-Derry): A prominent Free Stater, Layon is the prime sponsor of HB 1442 (2026), which seeks to criminalize trans people using bathrooms aligned with their gender as "willful trespass." She explicitly argues that "transgender people have greater rights than all women" and uses the state to enforce her definition of biology.
Rep. Seth King (R-Whitefield) & Rep. Jim Kofalt (R-Wilton): Both associated with the libertarian bloc, they sponsored bills to strip "gender identity" from state law entirely, allowing businesses and the state to discriminate based on "biological sex."
The Liberty Alliance Stance: The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance, the political scorecard for the Free State Project, explicitly defended these bills in 2026. They stated: "The right to privacy and safety for those who present as their biological sex outweighs the interest of others... As a result, it is a reasonable protection of liberty to allow for the use of shared public spaces to be separated on the basis of biological sex."
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