A 53 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes

Summary

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.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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What changed between versions

A53 → A53A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amendment adds a new sponsor (LAVINE) and updates the bill's status to show it has been amended and re-referred to committee. The substantive text regarding evidence rules for sexual offenses remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to line numbering.

TECHNICAL

Added sponsor LAVINE to the list of bill sponsors

Updated bill status from 'read once and referred to committee' to 'committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee'

Minor formatting changes to line numbers and document identifiers

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 53A

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

lower

1 primary · 35 co-sponsors