New York S 6727: Relates to the evidentiary standard for evidentiary and disciplinary hearings

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S06727 Summary:

BILL NOS06727 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06651

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, CLEARE, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §137, Cor L; amd §7803, CPLR

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Elevates the evidentiary standard for evidentiary and disciplinary hearings from substantial evidence to a preponderance of the evidence.

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BILL NOS06727 

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03/20/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1035

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

02/25/20261ST REPORT CAL.426

02/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6727

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law and the civil practice law and rules,
 in relation to the evidentiary standard for evidentiary and discipli-
 nary hearings

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 137 of the correction law is amending by adding a
 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. The evidentiary standard for all evidentiary and disciplinary hear-
 4 ings shall be a preponderance of the evidence.
 5 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 7803 of the civil practice law and rules
 6 is amended to read as follows:
 7 4. whether a determination made as a result of a hearing held, and at
 8 which evidence was taken, pursuant to direction by law is, on the entire
 9 record, supported by substantial evidence, or in the case of an eviden-
 10 tiary or disciplinary hearing held pursuant to the correction law, a
 11 preponderance of the evidence.
 12 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10352-01-5

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