A 5059 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Establishes crime of fertility fraud.

This New Jersey bill creates a new crime called fertility fraud, which specifically targets licensed health care practitioners who knowingly use a patient's reproductive material without their written consent. Under the law, a practitioner commits this offense if they use their own sperm or eggs or the material of another person to cause a pregnancy without the patient's informed agreement. If convicted of this third-degree crime, the individual faces up to five years in prison, a fine of $15,000, and the mandatory permanent revocation of their medical license. Additionally, the legislation extends the statute of limitations for prosecuting this specific offense to 20 years from the date of the treatment or 10 years from when the victim discovers the fraud, whichever is later.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 14, 2026 Last action Jun 11, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the General Assembly by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jun 11, 2026
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Jun 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by the Assembly (77-0-0)
lower
Jun 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
May 14, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
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