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A 3724: Requires district attorney ethics guidelines to be based exclusively on guidelines set by the New York state bar association.
What A 3724 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the judiciary law to establish district attorney ethics guidelines. The new guidelines will be based exclusively on the New York State Bar Association guidelines, as published in the New York Rules of Professional Conduct. The changes will take effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to judiciary (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to judiciary |
| Jan. 30, 2025 | referred to judiciary |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 30, 2025 · 157 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3724 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to district attorney ethics guidelines The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 90-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 90-a. District attorney ethics guidelines. District attorney ethics 4 guidelines, as published in the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, 5 22 NYCRR 1200, shall be exclusively based on guidelines set by the New 6 York state bar association. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08074-01-5
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