S 3203 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Preserves access to affordable drugs

Summary
Relates to preserving access to affordable drugs; provides that an agreement resolving or settling, on a final or interim basis, a patent infringement claim, in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product, shall be presumed to have anticompetitive effects if a nonreference drug filer receives anything of value from another company asserting patent infringement and if the nonreference drug filer agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales of the nonreference drug filer's product for any period of time.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Last action Feb 24, 2026
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2025

How they voted

4120
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 62
May 20, 2025
D Democratic40
40 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican22
1 Yea 20 Nay 1
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
upper
May 20, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors