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NY A06983
Bill
Status
3/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Alex Bores
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AI Summary
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Allows statements from learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets to be admitted as evidence in civil cases when called to an expert witness's attention on cross-examination or relied upon by the expert on direct examination
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Requires the publication to be established as a reliable authority through the expert's own admission, another expert's testimony, or judicial notice by the court
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Limits how such evidence may be presented: statements can be read aloud into the record but cannot be submitted as physical exhibits to the jury
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Adds new section 4552 to the Civil Practice Law and Rules governing evidence admissibility
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Permits the admissibility into evidence of statements in learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets if the statement is called to the attention of an expert witness and the publication is established as a reliable authority by the expert's admission or testimony, by another expert's testimony, or by judicial notice.
Last Action
referred to judiciary
1/7/2026