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May 30, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S8298
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2025-S8298 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7896
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Criminal Procedure Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §190.30, CP L
2025-S8298 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8298 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to business records in grand jury proceedings PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To clarify the definition of business records in grand jury proceedings SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one: Allows for the legal admissibility of business records as defined in Rule 4518 of the CPLR Section two: Clarifies the admissibility of certain business records Section three: Provides for the effective date
2025-S8298 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8298 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to business records in grand jury proceedings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 190.30 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 279 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: (a) A business record AS DEFINED IN RULE FORTY-FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES GENERATED BY A BUSINESS ENTITY may be received in such grand jury proceedings as evidence [of the following facts and similar facts stated therein: (i) a person's use of, subscription to and charges and payments for communication equipment and services including but not limited to equip- ment or services provided by telephone companies and internet service providers, but not including recorded conversations or images communi- cated thereby; and (ii) financial transactions, and a person's ownership or possessory interest in any account, at a bank, insurance company, brokerage, exchange or banking organization as defined in section two of the bank- ing law]. § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 of section 190.30 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 279 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: (c) Any business record offered to a grand jury pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision that includes material [beyond that described in such paragraph (a)] OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE BUSINESS RECORD AS REGULAR- LY GENERATED shall be redacted to exclude such additional material, or received subject to a limiting instruction that the grand jury shall not consider such additional material in support of any criminal charge. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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