Amanda Bouldin (born December 27, 1984) is an American politician from

Manchester, New Hampshire Manchester is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous city in New Hampshire. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 115,644. Manchester is, along with Nashua, one of two seats of New Ha ...

who has served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives since January 2015. Bouldin, a

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, represents Hillsborough County's 12th district.

Career

Politics

As a freshman representative, Bouldin introduced two bills addressing heroin use in New Hampshire. HB 270 provided legal protection against arrest and prosecution for individuals calling for medical assistance for someone with an opiate-related medical problem. HB 271 relaxed restrictions on prescribing

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, granting authorized

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s the power to write a prescription for anyone at risk of an opiate overdose or for a person who knows someone at risk of an opiate overdose. In December 2015, Bouldin commented on

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that a proposed change in New Hampshire's public nudity law that would have allowed men to expose their nipples in public while prohibiting women from exposing their breasts while not breastfeeding was sexist. The comment drew crude comments about Bouldin's breasts from two Republican representatives, Josh Moore and Al Baldasaro.Tobias Salinger
Male N.H. state lawmakers make crude Facebook comments after female legislator expresses opposition to public nudity bill
''Daily News'' (New York) (December 30, 2015).Laura Newberry

MassLive.com (December 31, 2015).Lawmakers spar over New Hampshire bill forbidding women to show nipples
Associated Press (January 6, 2016).

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Representative Amanda Bouldin
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