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Assembly Bill A1442

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing a jury instruction stating biometric evidence shall not be dispositive in the jury's decision

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2025-A1442 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §300.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10412
2021-2022: A767
2023-2024: A529

2025-A1442 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing a jury instruction stating biometric evidence shall not be dispositive in the jury's decision.

2025-A1442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1442
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  allowing  a
   jury  instruction  stating biometric evidence shall not be dispositive
   in the jury's decision
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 300.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. IN ANY CRIMINAL TRIAL OR PROCEEDING, UPON THE REQUEST OF A PARTY,
 THE COURT SHALL INSTRUCT THE JURY AS FOLLOWS: "ANY PRESENTATION OF BIOM-
 ETRIC EVIDENCE SHALL NOT BE DISPOSITIVE IN THE JURY'S DECISION."
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03839-01-5

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