Medical Aid in Dying Act

Allows terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to request life-ending medication after meeting statutory safeguards. Signed Dec. 17, 2025 after more than a decade of legislative debate; effective Aug. 5, 2026. Backfilled row — the signing predates this tracker's legislation seeding. Facing federal litigation: state consented to a temporary injunction exempting Catholic plaintiffs (four religious orders, Diocese of Rockville Centre) pending their First Amendment suit; a separate ADA-based suit by disability-rights plaintiffs was dismissed for lack of standing (both rulings week of Jul 27-31, 2026). Bill number not stated in cited source; left null rather than guessed.