Prohibits professional misconduct charges against health care practitioners for providing reproductive health services to patients who reside in states where such services are illegal
Summary
Prohibits professional misconduct charges against health care practitioners on the basis that such health care practitioner, acting within their scope of practice, performed, recommended or provided reproductive health care services for a patient who resides in a state wherein such reproductive health services are illegal.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Assembly Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced May 9, 2022
Signed Jun 13, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2022 · Assembly Jun 2, 2022
How they voted
45–16
Passed
Total votes 61
May 31, 2022
D
Democratic42
95% Yea
R
Republican19
73% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Amendments
4
Jun 13, 2022
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.220
upper
Jun 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 31, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 31, 2022
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
May 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 9079B
upper
May 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
May 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 9079A
upper
May 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
May 9, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AM
Anna M. Kaplan
DDemocratic
Co
AB
Alessandra Biaggi
DDemocratic
Co
JG
James Gaughran
DDemocratic
Co
Jeremy Cooney
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
John Liu
DDemocratic
Co
Michelle Hinchey
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Rachel May
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Samra Brouk
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Shelley Mayer
DDemocratic/Working Families
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