S 8544 — Excludes certain medication abortion drugs from being deemed unlawful to prescribe or dispense and from being deemed misbranded under certain circumstances
Congress · introduced 2025-10-24
Provides that the prescribing, dispensing, or receipt of mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be considered a criminal conversion act under certain circumstances; provides that mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded under certain circumstances.
Latest action: 2026-01-28 — PASSED_ASSEMBLY
Sponsors
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — sponsor · 2025-10-24
- Nathalia Fernandez (—, NY-34) — cosponsor · 2025-10-24
- Pete Harckham (—, NY-40) — cosponsor · 2025-10-24
- Robert Jackson (—, NY-31) — cosponsor · 2025-10-24
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2025-10-24
- José M. Serrano (—, NY-29) — cosponsor · 2025-10-24
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO CODES
- · senate — COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
- · senate — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.59
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO CODES
- · assembly — SUBSTITUTED FOR A9217
- · assembly — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.241
- · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
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Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | Nathalia Fernandez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-24 | Michelle Hinchey | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-24 | Robert Jackson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-24 | Pete Harckham | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-24 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-24 | José M. Serrano | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | José M. Serrano (—, state_upper NY-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-10-24 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-24 · sponsored by Michelle Hinchey (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-24 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-24 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-24 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-24 · cosponsored by José M. Serrano (cosponsor) · sponsorship