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A 6651: Elevates the evidentiary standard for evidentiary and disciplinary hearings from substantial evidence to a preponderance of the evidence.
What A 6651 does, verified March 14, 2026
The bill aims to amend the Correction Law and the Civil Practice Law and Rules to establish a new evidentiary standard for evidentiary and disciplinary hearings. The new standard will require a preponderance of the evidence for all such hearings, meaning that the evidence presented must be more likely to be true than not true. This change will apply to hearings held pursuant to the law, and it will supersede the existing substantial evidence standard. The bill will take effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to correction (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6651
- What is the current status of A 6651?
- As of March 14, 2026, A 6651 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to correction".
- Did A 6651 pass?
- Not yet. A 6651 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6651, and where is it now?
- A 6651 was authored by Asm. Erik Dilan with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Correction.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Mar. 06, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 6, 2025 · 243 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6651 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the evidentiary standard for evidentiary and discipli- nary hearings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 137 of the correction law is amending by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. The evidentiary standard for all evidentiary and disciplinary hear- 4 ings shall be a preponderance of the evidence. 5 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 7803 of the civil practice law and rules 6 is amended to read as follows: 7 4. whether a determination made as a result of a hearing held, and at 8 which evidence was taken, pursuant to direction by law is, on the entire 9 record, supported by substantial evidence, or in the case of an eviden- 10 tiary or disciplinary hearing held pursuant to the correction law, a 11 preponderance of the evidence. 12 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10352-01-5
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