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Assembly Bill A7022

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the chief administrator of the courts and the office of information technology services to develop a portal for the exchange of discovery in criminal cases

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2025-A7022 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7068

2025-A7022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the chief administrator of the courts and the office of information technology services to develop a portal for the exchange of discovery in criminal cases.

2025-A7022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7022
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  relating to requiring the chief administrator of the courts, in
   conjunction with the office of  information  technology  services,  to
   develop a portal for the exchange of discovery in criminal cases

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The chief administrator of the courts, in conjunction  with
 the  office of information technology services, shall establish a state-
 wide strategy plan under which a statewide electronic  portal  shall  be
 developed  and made available through the unified court system to enable
 police departments, district attorneys, institutional defense providers,
 private attorneys and assigned counsel  to  provide  required  discovery
 disclosure  to  opposing  counsel in criminal cases. The portal shall be
 available for use no later than January 1, 2027.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06638-02-5

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