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Assembly Bill A7800

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of state funds for non-residents seeking an abortion or related procedures

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2025-A7800 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1978
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9490
2023-2024: A5335, S4904

2025-A7800 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of state funds for non-residents seeking an abortion or any other procedure that results in the intentional termination of a pregnancy at any stage of gestation.

2025-A7800 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7800
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DeSTEFANO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
   use  of  state  funds for non-residents seeking an abortion or related
   procedures
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 8 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR  ANY
 OTHER LAW, NO CLAIM SHALL BE CERTIFIED FOR PAYMENT NOR SHALL ANY PAYMENT
 BE  MADE  BY THE COMPTROLLER OR BY ANY STATE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY TO ANY
 NON-RESIDENT OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH NON-RESIDENT  WHERE  SUCH  PAYMENT  IS
 INTENDED FOR THE PROVISION OF AN ABORTION OR ANY OTHER RELATED PROCEDURE
 OR  AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ABORTION OR OTHER RELATED
 PROCEDURE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "RELATED  PROCEDURE"  SHALL
 MEAN  ANY  PROCEDURE  THAT  RESULTS  IN THE INTENTIONAL TERMINATION OF A
 PREGNANCY AT ANY STAGE OF GESTATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04605-01-5

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