Relates to the business records exception to hearsay
This bill updates the rules for admitting business records as evidence in court by adding specific requirements for their admissibility. It directly affects judges, attorneys, and businesses by clarifying that records must be made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the event, and based on personal knowledge or reliable information. The law also sets stricter standards for electronic records, requiring them to be presented as accurate tangible exhibits and allowing courts to consider how they were stored to verify their authenticity. Additionally, the bill mandates that hospital and medical records must be relevant to a patient's treatment or diagnosis to be accepted as evidence.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 2, 2023
Last action Jun 7, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 5, 2023
How they voted
40–21
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 63
Jun 5, 2023
D
Democratic42
95% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jun 7, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
Jun 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
upper
Jun 5, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
Jun 5, 2023
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 2, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
DDemocratic/Working Families
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