S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6526
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to changing the
timing of certain discovery requirements to sixty days prior to trial
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1
of section 245.10 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by section 1
of part HHH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as
follows:
(i) When a defendant is in custody during the pendency of the criminal
case, the prosecution shall perform its initial discovery obligations
[within twenty calendar days after the defendant's arraignment on an
indictment, superior court information, prosecutor's information, infor-
mation, simplified information, misdemeanor complaint or felony
complaint] NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST SCHEDULED TRIAL
DATE.
(ii) When the defendant is not in custody during the pendency of the
criminal case, the prosecution shall perform its initial discovery obli-
gations [within thirty-five calendar days after the defendant's arraign-
ment on an indictment, superior court information, prosecutor's informa-
tion, information, simplified information, misdemeanor complaint or
felony complaint] NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST SCHEDULED
TRIAL DATE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10225-01-5
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