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New YorkS 67572025-2026 Regular SessionSenate

Relates to statewide opioid settlement agreements

Sponsored By: Nathalia Fernandez (Democratic)

Became Law

ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERSALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Public access to opioid settlements

The law defines "statewide opioid settlement agreements" for New York. It covers agreements the Attorney General signs on or after June 1, 2021 to resolve claims about making, promoting, selling, dispensing, overuse, or distributing opioid products. It includes consent judgments, consent decrees, and related papers. The Attorney General must keep copies and amendments on file and let the public inspect and copy them under New York’s public records law.

Limits on new opioid lawsuits by governments

The law stops New York state and local governments from suing over claims the Attorney General releases in a statewide opioid settlement signed on or after June 1, 2021. If a government filed a case after June 30, 2019 on a claim that later gets released, that case ends by law once the release takes effect. This automatic end applies when the released party is an opioid maker, distributor, or dispenser. The rule only covers the specific "released claims" named in the settlement.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Nathalia Fernandez

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Robert Jackson

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 51 • No: 16

Senate vote • 6/5/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 44 • No: 16

committee vote • 5/15/2025

Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders Committee Vote

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. SIGNED CHAP.425

    9/26/2025Senate

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    9/22/2025Senate

  3. RETURNED TO SENATE

    6/16/2025House

  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY

    6/16/2025House

  5. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.587

    6/10/2025House

  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR A8459

    6/10/2025House

  7. REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE

    6/5/2025House

  8. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    6/5/2025Senate

  9. PASSED SENATE

    6/5/2025Senate

  10. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    5/20/2025Senate

  11. 2ND REPORT CAL.

    5/19/2025Senate

  12. 1ST REPORT CAL.1125

    5/15/2025Senate

  13. REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

    3/24/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Original

    3/24/2025

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