Bill Text: NY S06335 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6335 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S06335 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06335-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          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