STATE OF NEW YORK
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6499
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the filing of
pre-trial motions in criminal cases
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 255.20 of the criminal procedure
2 law, as amended by section 7 of part LLL of chapter 59 of the laws of
3 2019, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, whether the defend-
5 ant is represented by counsel or elects to proceed pro se, all pre-trial
6 motions shall be served or filed within forty-five days after arraign-
7 ment or the filing of a proper certificate of compliance pursuant to
8 subdivision one of section 245.50 of this title, whichever is later, and
9 before commencement of trial, or within such additional time as the
10 court may fix upon application of the defendant made prior to entry of
11 judgment. In an action in which either (a) material or information has
12 been disclosed pursuant to paragraph (b), (m) or (n) of subdivision one
13 of section 245.20 of this title, (b) an eavesdropping warrant and appli-
14 cation have been furnished pursuant to section 700.70 of this chapter,
15 or (c) a notice of intention to introduce evidence has been served
16 pursuant to section 710.30 of this chapter, such period shall be
17 extended until forty-five days after the last date of such service. If
18 the defendant is not represented by counsel and has requested an
19 adjournment to obtain counsel or to have counsel assigned, such forty-
20 five day period shall commence on the date counsel initially appears on
21 defendant's behalf.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
23 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07840-01-5
