Assembly Bill A2825

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the discoverability of recordings found on police body cameras and vehicle cameras

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A2825 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §3101, CPLR; amd §240.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7682
2019-2020: A1341
2021-2022: A1934
2023-2024: A6464

2017-A2825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the discoverability of recordings found on police body cameras and vehicle cameras; establishes Panel of Experts on the Use and Disclosure of Recorded Video, Digital Audio, Film, and Photographs.

2017-A2825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2825
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules and the criminal proce-
   dure law, in relation to recordings found on police cameras and estab-
   lishing the Panel of Experts on the Use  and  Disclosure  of  Recorded
   Video, Digital Audio, Film and Photographs

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (i) of section 3101 of the civil  practice  law
 and  rules,  as  added by chapter 574 of the laws of 1993, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (i) In addition to any other matter which may be  subject  to  disclo-
 sure,  there  shall  be full disclosure of any films, photographs, video
 tapes [or], audio tapes, OR ALL RECORDINGS FOUND ON A  POLICE  OR  PEACE
 OFFICER'S BODY CAMERA AND/OR CAMERA INSTALLED IN A POLICE OR PEACE OFFI-
 CER'S  VEHICLE,  including transcripts or memoranda thereof, involving a
 person referred to in paragraph one of subdivision (a) of this  section.
 There  shall  be  disclosure of all portions of such material, including
 out-takes, rather than only those portions a party intends to  use.  The
 provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to materials compiled for
 law  enforcement purposes which are exempt from disclosure under section
 eighty-seven of the public officers law.
   § 2. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 240.20 of the  criminal
 procedure  law,  as  amended  by chapter 558 of the laws of 1982, and as
 relettered by chapter 795 of the laws of 1984, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (g)    Any  tapes  or other electronic recordings which the prosecutor
 intends to introduce at trial, irrespective of  whether  such  recording
 was  made  during  the course of the criminal transaction, INCLUDING ALL
 RECORDINGS FOUND ON A POLICE  OR  PEACE  OFFICER'S  BODY  CAMERA  AND/OR
 CAMERA INSTALLED IN A POLICE OR PEACE OFFICER'S VEHICLE;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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