On Friday, Feb. 6, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the New York Medical Aid in Dying Act, making the Empire State the 14th jurisdiction to authorize this end-of-life care option. Her signature follows passing floor votes held on Feb. 4 by the New York State Assembly and Senate (83-62 and 34-28, respectively) to approve amendments to the law. You can read more about the amendments here.
On Feb. 5, the Virginia Senate Committee on Education and Health failed to advance SB359 — a bill to authorize medical aid in dying — effectively ending a path forward in the Senate for the 2026 legislative session. Without sufficient votes in the Senate to advance the bill, the House bill (HB886) is also unlikely to advance this year.
As of February 6, 2026, 11 states (AZ, IN, IA, KY, MA, MN, MO, PA, RI, TN, VA) have introduced or have rolled over into the 2026 legislative session.
As of February 6, 2026, two states have introduced bills to improve medical aid-in-dying bills (NJ, WA).
As of February 6, 2026, one state has legislation with a negative impact on our progress (IL).
Currently, medical aid in dying is an end-of-life care option in 14 jurisdictions:
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