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Feb 04, 2019 | referred to judiciary |
senate Bill S3139
Sponsored By
Zellnor Myrie
(D) 20th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
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Leroy Comrie
(D) 14th Senate District
S3139 (ACTIVE) - Details
S3139 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3139 SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE: The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that full disclosure shall be made on all recordings found on a police or peace officer's body camera as well as any camera installed in a police or peace officers vehicle. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends subdivision (i) of § 3101 of the civil practice law and rules to require that all recordings found on a police
S3139 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3139 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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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