Bipartisan Pro-Choice Legislative Caucus Announces 2026 Priority Bills

January 22, 2026

Reproductive Rights

Sen. Krueger, Sen. Stewart-Cousins, and Assm. Reyes participate in the BPCLC legislative breakfast

Legislators Gather for First Meeting of the Year

Albany – On Wednesday, members of the Bipartisan Pro-Choice Legislative Caucus, co-chaired by Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Senator Liz Krueger, and Assembly Member Karines Reyes, met to discuss their legislative priorities for the 2026 session and hear from a panel of advocates and experts.

"The Trump Administration is leading a full-on assault on Americans' fundamental rights and freedoms across the board, and reproductive rights are no exception," said Senator Krueger. "Although the many other excesses of this regime are grabbing the headlines, the long and methodical project of taking away women's bodily autonomy has continued day in and day out. Those of us who are working to defend reproductive freedom must be equally tireless in our work, and the BPCLC will continue to push these critical bills to protect New Yorkers and all Americans who come to our state for care."

The New York State Bipartisan Pro-Choice Legislative Caucus (BPCLC) was established in 2010, and includes 112 members of both the State Senate and Assembly. The mission of the BPCLC is to protect reproductive rights across the state, and provide a voice for pro-choice state legislators in policy debates at both the state and national level. Specifically, the BPCLC works to protect access to comprehensive reproductive health services, remove barriers to these services, ensure access to education about reproductive choices, and respond to any potential infringements to the legal right to reproductive healthcare in New York State.

Reproductive rights and access to comprehensive reproductive health care services have been increasingly under attack since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade. Since returning to office, the Trump Administration has been actively dismantling reproductive and sexual health care programs and cutting vital funding. Anti-abortion states continue to introduce increasingly restrictive and punitive abortion bans, and seek to prosecute abortion providers in other states, like New York, that protect abortion access. As a result, patients and providers are at risk for seeking and providing legal reproductive care, and people are dying in states with bans due to being refused treatment for pregnancy complications

At Wednesday's meeting, the Caucus heard from experts and advocates, including representatives from the New York Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the National Institute for Reproductive Health.

The Caucus also released the 2026 BPCLC Legislative Priorities list, which includes important legislative proposals that protect and expand access to reproductive and sexual health care, protect reproductive rights, reproductive health care providers, and patients, and address maternal and sexual health. The Legislative Priorities include the following bills (more details can be found by clicking here):

2025 BPCLC Legislative Priorities

Protecting Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health Care Providers, and Patients

Health Information Privacy Act (S.929 Krueger/A.2141 Rosenthal)
Protection of Electronic Health Records (S.1633-A Fernandez / A.2613 Lunsford)
Enhanced Prescriber and Patient Protections (S.8656-A Mayer)
Safeguarding Automatic License Plate Reader Information (S.7713 Krueger/A.8779 Rozic)
Strengthening Reproductive Health Clinic Safety (A.3117 Rosenthal)
Ensuring Safe Access to Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Providers (A.9227 Lasher/S.8713 Hinchey)
Limited Services Pregnancy Centers Disclosure (A.4338 Glick)
Requiring Consumer Notice on Limited Service Pregnancy Center Listings (A.1547 Simon)
Protecting Individuals from Professional Misconduct in Unregulated Pregnancy Centers (S.8709 Hinchey)
Prevention of "Virginity Examinations" (S.1283 Persaud/A.1626 Solages)

Protecting and Expanding Access to Reproductive and Sexual Health Care

State Abortion Clinical Training Program (S.1438-A Krueger)
New York Hospital Transparency Act (S.3486 Hinchey/A.3862 Rozic)
Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health Program (S.5981 Fernandez/A.6571 Rozic)
Student Onboarding on Reproductive Health Services (A.3175 Rosenthal/S.6752 Webb)
Increasing Abortion Medication Accessibility (A.1172-A Paulin/S.2533-A May)
Authorizing Pharmacists to Prescribe and Dispense Abortion Medication (A.9119 Paulin/S.8593 Krueger)
Preserving Access to Safe and Effective Abortion Medication (S.8544 Hinchey/A.9217 Paulin)
Safeguarding Reproductive Care Act (A.9276 Rosenthal)
Authorization of Pharmacists to Administer Injectable Contraception (A.2514 McDonald/S.1703 Webb)
Authorization of Pharmacists to Administer Reversible Progestin-Only Contraceptive Injections (A.8664 McDonald/S.8364 Webb)
Insurance Coverage for Pharmacist-Provided Birth Control Services (S.8869 Skoufis/A.9519 McDonald)
Requiring Emergency Contraception Vending Machines on College Campuses (S.2058 Webb/A.9175 González-Rojas)

Reproductive and Sexual Health

Total Access to Menstrual Products (TAMP) Act (A.153 Rosenthal)
Access to Menstrual Products in Public Buildings (A.1740-A Rosenthal/S.3866-B Hinchey)
Access to Menstrual Products in Drop-In Centers, Intake Shelters, and Emergency Congregate Housing (A.5420 Forrest/S.8498 Cleare)
Requiring a DOH Pamphlet on the LPM Surgery Technique (S.3193 Persaud/A.7897 Buttenschon)

Maternal Health

New York Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act (A.4018 Forrest/S.6983 Brisport)
C-Section Informed Consent (S.7879 Salazar/A.1039 Paulin)
The Maternal Health, Dignity and Consent Act (A.860 Rosenthal/S.845 Salazar)
Midwifery Licensing Bill (S.5542 Salazar/A.1125 Paulin)
Medicaid Coverage of Hospital Stays for Maternity Patients and Newborns (S.940 Sanders/A.7681 Cook)
Prohibiting the Use of Restraints on Pregnant People in Custody (A.1670 Rosenthal/S.2667-A Salazar)
The Compassion and Reproductive Equity (CARE) Act (A.4879-A Kelles/S.4583-A Salazar)
Supporting Breastfeeding and Nursery Access for Incarcerated Parents (A.1607-A Rosenthal/S.2666-A Salazar)
Creating an Online Directory of Publicly Accessible Lactation Rooms in State-Owned Buildings (S.8542 Webb)
Private Lactation Rooms in the Workplace (A.3998 Forrest/S.8667 Cleare)
Signage and Access to Lactation Rooms in Public Buildings (A.5361 Forrest/S.8652 Cleare)
Public Access to Employer-Designated Lactation Rooms (A.2100 Forrest)
Requiring Disclosure Concerning Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening (S.11 Skoufis/A.44 Paulin)
Insurance Coverage for Postpartum Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy (S.4917-A Scarcella-Spanton/A.8144-A Paulin)

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