New York A 7896: Relates to the introduction and use of business records in grand jury proceedings

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A07896 Summary:

BILL NOA07896A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09758

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SPONSORBores

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §190.30, CP L

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Provides that any writing or record made as a memorandum or record of any act, transaction, occurrence or event, may be received in grand jury proceedings as evidence of proof that such act, transaction, occurrence or event, if it was made in the regular course of any business.

Go to top A07896 Actions:

BILL NOA07896A

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04/11/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

03/26/2026amend and recommit to codes

03/26/2026print number 7896a

04/21/2026reported 

04/23/2026advanced to third reading cal.357

04/27/2026substituted by s9758

&nbspS09758 AMEND= MYRIE

&nbsp04/03/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp04/07/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.693

&nbsp04/07/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/07/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp04/07/2026referred to codes

&nbsp04/27/2026substituted for a7896a

&nbsp04/27/2026ordered to third reading cal.357

&nbsp04/27/2026passed assembly

&nbsp04/27/2026returned to senate

Go to topA07896 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:04/21/2026AYE/NAY:20/0 Action: Favorable DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookExcusedReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA07896 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07896 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7896--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with
 Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to business
 records in grand jury proceedings

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 190.30 of the
 2 criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 279 of the laws of 2008, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) [A business record may be received in such grand jury proceedings
 5 as evidence of the following facts and similar facts stated therein:
 6 (i) a person's use of, subscription to and charges and payments for
 7 communication equipment and services including but not limited to equip-
 8 ment or services provided by telephone companies and internet service
 9 providers, but not including recorded conversations or images communi-
 10 cated thereby; and
 11 (ii) financial transactions, and a person's ownership or possessory
 12 interest in any account, at a bank, insurance company, brokerage,
 13 exchange or banking organization as defined in section two of the bank-
 14 ing law] Any writing or record, whether in the form of an entry in a
 15 book or otherwise, made as a memorandum or record of any act, trans-
 16 action, occurrence or event, may be received in such grand jury
 17 proceedings as evidence of proof that such act, transaction, occurrence
 18 or event, if it was made in the regular course of any business and that
 19 it was the regular course of such business to make it, at the time of
 20 the act, transaction, occurrence or event, or within a reasonable time
 21 thereafter. An electronic record, as defined in section three hundred
 22 two of the state technology law, used or stored as such a memorandum or
 23 record, may be received in such grand jury proceedings as evidence in a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10861-04-6

 A. 7896--A 2

 1 tangible exhibit that is a true and accurate representation of such
 2 electronic record. The term business includes a business, profession,
 3 occupation and calling of every kind.
 4 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 of section 190.30 of the criminal
 5 procedure law, as added by chapter 279 of the laws of 2008, is amended
 6 to read as follows:
 7 (c) Any business record offered