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A07176 Summary:

BILL NOA07176A
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORChandler-Waterman
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §3101, CPLR
 
Relates to the discoverability of recordings found on police body worn cameras and vehicle cameras.
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A07176 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7176--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 21, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Judiciary  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil  practice  law  and rules, in relation to
          recordings found on police cameras

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision (i) of section 3101 of the civil practice law
     2  and rules, as added by chapter 574 of the laws of 1993,  is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (i)  In  addition  to any other matter which may be subject to disclo-
     5  sure, there shall be full disclosure of any  films,  photographs,  video
     6  tapes or audio tapes, including, but not limited to, all recordings made
     7  or  received  in  connection  with a police or peace officer's body worn
     8  camera and/or a camera installed in or on a police  or  peace  officer's
     9  vehicle,  including transcripts or memoranda thereof, involving a person
    10  referred to in paragraph one of subdivision (a) of this section.   There
    11  shall  be  disclosure  of  all portions of such material, including out-
    12  takes, rather than only those portions  a  party  intends  to  use.  The
    13  provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to materials compiled for
    14  law  enforcement purposes which are exempt from disclosure under section
    15  eighty-seven of the public officers law.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05400-02-5
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