S 5268: Requires the chief administrator of the courts and the office of information technology services to develop a portal for the exchange of discovery in criminal cases.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5268 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT relating to requiring the chief administrator of the courts, in conjunction with the office of information technology services, to develop a portal for the exchange of discovery in criminal cases The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The chief administrator of the courts, in conjunction with 2 the office of information technology services, shall establish a state- 3 wide strategy plan under which a statewide electronic portal shall be 4 developed and made available through the unified court system to enable 5 district attorneys, institutional defense providers, private attorneys 6 and assigned counsel to provide required discovery disclosure to oppos- 7 ing counsel in criminal cases. The portal shall be available for use no 8 later than January 1, 2027. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06638-01-5