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Senate Bill S4490
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2013-S4490 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5851
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Civil Rights Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §52, Civ Rts L; amd §212, rpld §218, Judy L
- Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
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S5174
2013-S4490 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4490 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil rights law and the judiciary law, in relation to broadcast of judicial proceedings; and to repeal section 218 of the judiciary law relating to audio-visual coverage of judicial proceedings This measure is being introduced at the request of the Chief judge of the State. It would amend section 52 of the Civil Rights Law to permit audio-visual coverage of court proceedings in New York State under carefully-defined circumstances. I. Background Section 52 of the Civil Rights Law now prohibits the televising, broadcasting or the taking of motion pictures in public proceedings, including court proceedings "in which the testimony of witnesses by subpoena or other compulsory process is or may be taken." Section 52 was enacted by the Legislature in 1952 as part of the continuing national response to the disruptive presence of audio-visual coverage in the Lindberg baby kidnapping and murder trial of Bruno Hauptmann*. During the 30 years that followed this enactment, there was no audio-visual coverage of court proceedings in New York. Elsewhere in the United States, the experience was somewhat similar although, in response to significant contemporary technological advances making cameras and other broadcast equipment far less obtrusive, more and
2013-S4490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4490 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 3, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin- istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil rights law and the judiciary law, in relation to broadcast of judicial proceedings; and to repeal section 218 of the judiciary law relating to audio-visual coverage of judicial proceedings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 52 of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter 352 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows: S 52. Televising, broadcasting or taking motion pictures of certain proceedings prohibited. No person, firm, association or corporation shall televise, broadcast, take motion pictures or arrange for the tele- vising, broadcasting, or taking of motion pictures within this state of proceedings, in which the testimony of witnesses by subpoena or other compulsory process is or may be taken, conducted by a court, commission, committee, administrative agency or other tribunal in this state; except that the prohibition contained in this section shall not apply to THE AUDIO BROADCAST OF ANY PROCEEDING CONDUCTED BY A COURT, TO ANY TELEVIS- ING, BROADCASTING OR TAKING OF MOTION PICTURES OF THAT PORTION OF A COURT PROCEEDING AT WHICH NO WITNESS WILL TESTIFY, AND TO ANY TELEVIS- ING, BROADCASTING OR TAKING OF MOTION PICTURES OF THAT PORTION OF A COURT PROCEEDINGS AT WHICH A WITNESS WILL TESTIFY WHERE ALL PARTIES TO SUCH PROCEEDING AND THE WITNESS CONSENT IN ADVANCE TO SUCH TELEVISING, BROADCASTING OR TAKING OF MOTION PICTURES OF HIS OR HER TESTIMONY OR, IF SUCH CONSENT IS NOT GIVEN, WHERE THE IMAGE OF THE WITNESS WHILE TESTIFY- ING IS VISUALLY OBSCURED OR TO public hearings conducted by the public service commission with regard to rates charged by utilities, or to proceedings by either house of the state legislature or committee or joint committee of the legislature or by a temporary state commission EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08972-01-3
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