S 2260 changesSecures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing reproductive health care services; establishes right of residents to reproductive health care activity that is restricted in other states.*

What changed

+75 / −1263 words · LargeConfidence: high

This version removes the fiscal impact analysis and detailed penalty descriptions from the bill's preamble. The changes eliminate references to the Office of Legislative Services' fiscal assessment, which had projected indeterminate costs across multiple state agencies for prosecuting and adjudicating interference with reproductive health care services, including specific incarceration costs averaging $78,848 per person annually in FY 2026. The version also removes descriptions of criminal penalties (ranging from 18 months and $10,000 fines for fourth-degree crimes to ten years and $150,000 fines for second-degree crimes) and civil penalties (up to $10,000 for first violations and $25,000 for subsequent violations). The preamble is replaced with a statement indicating that Assembly floor amendments removed the civil penalty provision entirely for causing harm based on involvement with reproductive health care services.

Change log

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Fiscal impact analysis removed from preamble

  The bill removes a detailed fiscal impact analysis from its preamble. The removed text discussed potential costs to the Department of Corrections for additional incarcerations (projected at $78,848 average annual cost per person in FY 2026), costs to the State Parole Board, potential fine revenues, and increased Judiciary operating expenditures from additional civil actions. The removed analysis also described civil penalties of up to $10,000 for first violations and $25,000 for subsequent violations.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Removal of penalty details and fiscal analysis sections from preamble

  This section removes detailed explanatory text from the preamble describing criminal penalties for fourth, third, and second degree crimes, civil action provisions, and Attorney General enforcement authority. It also removes the entire fiscal analysis section, which included an Office of Legislative Services assessment concluding the bill would cause indeterminate increases in State and local expenditures due to anticipated prosecutions under the new crime of interference with reproductive health care services. The removed fiscal analysis identified six agencies that would experience caseload increases.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Fiscal note and bill description removed from preamble

  This section, which provided the Office of Legislative Services' fiscal impact analysis and a bill description, has been deleted. The fiscal note discussed indeterminate costs across multiple state agencies for prosecuting and adjudicating a new crime of interference with reproductive health care services, noting insufficient information to quantify the fiscal impact. The bill description explained the creation of the new crime and its degree classifications based on injury severity.