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S06335 Summary:

BILL NO	S06335
SAME AS	SAME AS A07599
SPONSOR	HOYLMAN
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §4549, CPLR
Amends the rules of evidence to permit the admission of an opposing party's statement if made by an agent or employee made within the scope of that relationship.

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S06335 Actions:

BILL NO	S06335
06/05/2019	REFERRED TO RULES
06/19/2019	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1710
06/20/2019	RECOMMITTED TO RULES
01/08/2020	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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S06335 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6335
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 5, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
          istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN  ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to admis-
          sibility of an opposing party's statement

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
     2  section 4549 to read as follows:
     3    §  4549.  Admissibility  of an opposing party's statement. A statement
     4  offered against an opposing party shall not be excluded from evidence as
     5  hearsay if made by a person whom the opposing party authorized to make a
     6  statement on the subject or by the opposing party's agent or employee on
     7  a matter within the scope of that relationship and during the  existence
     8  of that relationship.
     9    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
    10  actions pending on or after its effective date.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11641-01-9

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