New York bills · 2025 Regular Session
New York A 53
Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Amy Paulin (Democratic)
Cosponsors (35)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz (Democratic)
- Chris Burdick (Democratic/Independence/Working Families)
- Steven Raga (Democratic)
- Jo Anne Simon (Democratic)
- Deborah Glick (Democratic)
- Andrew Hevesi (Democratic)
- MaryJane Shimsky (Democratic/Working Families)
- Angelo Santabarbara (Democratic)
- Linda Rosenthal (Democratic)
- Rebecca Seawright (Democratic)
- William Conrad (Democratic/Independence/Working Families)
- Ron Kim (Democratic)
- William Colton (Democratic)
- Grace Lee (Democratic)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato (Democratic)
- Tony Simone (Democratic)
- Christopher Eachus (Democratic)
- John Zaccaro Jr. (Democratic)
- Dana Levenberg (Democratic/Working Families)
- David McDonough (Republican)
- Pamela J. Hunter (Democratic)
- Nily Rozic (Democratic)
- Didi Barrett (Democratic)
- Albert A. Stirpe (Democratic)
- Sarah Clark (Democratic/Working Families)
- Marianne Buttenschon (Democratic)
- Steve Stern (Democratic)
- Charles Lavine (Democratic)
- Harvey Epstein
- Andrew Molitor (Republican/Conservative)
- Tommy Schiavoni (Democratic/Working Families)
- Joe DeStefano (Republican/Conservative)
- Jodi Giglio (Republican/Conservative)
- Judy Griffin (Democratic)
- Noah Burroughs (Democratic/Working Families)
Summary
Official abstract published by the New York legislature
Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes including as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, state of mind of the defendant, state of mind of the victim or other party, absence of mistake or accident, identity, modus operandi, or common scheme or plan; requires that the prosecution provide reasonable notice of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.
Text versions
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 7, 2026 · House
REFERRED TO CODES - Feb 6, 2025 · House
PRINT NUMBER 53A - Feb 6, 2025 · House
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES - Jan 8, 2025 · House
REFERRED TO CODES