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S 5576: Establishes the crime of feticide or the intentional killing of an unborn child at any stage of gestation; makes such crime a class A felony.
What S 5576 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to establish a new crime of feticide in New York. A person can be guilty of feticide if they intentionally cause the death of an unborn child at any stage of gestation. This crime would be considered a class A felony. The law would not apply to situations where the termination of pregnancy occurs in accordance with the Public Health Law. The new law would take effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5576
- What is the current status of S 5576?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5576 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO CODES".
- Did S 5576 pass?
- Not yet. S 5576 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5576, and where is it now?
- S 5576 was authored by Sen. Andrew Lanza with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| Feb. 25, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 25, 2025 · 213 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5576 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LANZA, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of feticide The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 125.24 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 125.24 Feticide. 4 A person is guilty of feticide when with intent to cause the death of 5 an unborn child at any stage of gestation, such person causes the termi- 6 nation of a person's pregnancy resulting in the death of such unborn 7 child at any stage of gestation, except when such termination occurs in 8 accordance with section twenty-five hundred ninety-nine-bb of the public 9 health law. 10 Feticide is a class A felony. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09665-01-5
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