Establishes crime of fertility fraud.
This bill creates a new criminal offense called "fertility fraud" for health care practitioners who perform assisted reproduction treatments (like IVF or artificial insemination) without a patient's written consent, using either the practitioner's own reproductive material or another person's material. If convicted, the practitioner faces a third-degree crime penalty (up to five years in prison, a $15,000 fine, or both) and must have their medical license permanently revoked. The law also extends the statute of limitations to 20 years from the treatment date (or 10 years from when the victim discovers the fraud). It directly affects fertility clinics and health care providers in New Jersey who conduct reproductive treatments.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2026
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 22, 2024
Last action Jan 6, 2026
Floor votes · General Assembly Dec 22, 2025
How they voted
72–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 78
Dec 22, 2025
D
Democratic50
94% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jan 6, 2026
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Dec 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (74-0-0)
lower
Dec 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
May 8, 2025
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Oct 17, 2024
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee
lower
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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