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Assembly Bill A8646

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Clarifies that pretrial motions in limine are not required in order for deposition testimony to be introduced at trial

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2025-A8646 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd R3117, CPLR

2025-A8646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies that pretrial motions in limine are not required in order for deposition testimony to be introduced at trial.

2025-A8646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8646
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to clari-
   fying that pretrial motions in limine are not required  in  order  for
   deposition testimony to be introduced at trial

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Rule 3117 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
   (E) PRETRIAL MOTION NOT REQUIRED.  A LITIGANT'S RIGHT TO  USE  DEPOSI-
 TION  TESTIMONY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS RULE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY
 REQUIREMENT BY THE COURT THAT PERMISSION TO USE SUCH DEPOSITION TESTIMO-
 NY MUST FIRST BE OBTAINED FROM THE COURT BY MAKING A PRETRIAL MOTION.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13054-01-5

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