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S 8298: Clarifies the definition of business records and the use of such records in grand jury proceedings.
What S 8298 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to expand the types of business records that can be used as evidence in grand jury proceedings. A business record generated by a business entity can be received as evidence of a person's use of communication equipment and services, such as phone bills and internet charges, and financial transactions, including bank accounts. The bill also requires that any additional material outside the scope of the business record be redacted or excluded from consideration by the grand jury. This change is intended to increase transparency and limit the use of non-business records in grand jury proceedings.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2025-05-30)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8298
- What is the current status of S 8298?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 8298 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on May 30, 2025, was "REFERRED TO CODES".
- Did S 8298 pass?
- Not yet. S 8298 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 8298, and where is it now?
- S 8298 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
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| May. 30, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 30, 2025 · 379 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8298 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to business records in grand jury proceedings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 190.30 of the 2 criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 279 of the laws of 2008, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) A business record as defined in rule forty-five hundred eighteen 5 of the civil practice law and rules generated by a business entity may 6 be received in such grand jury proceedings as evidence [of the following7facts and similar facts stated therein:8(i) a person's use of, subscription to and charges and payments for9communication equipment and services including but not limited to equip-10ment or services provided by telephone companies and internet service11providers, but not including recorded conversations or images communi-12cated thereby; and13(ii) financial transactions, and a person's ownership or possessory14interest in any account, at a bank, insurance company, brokerage,15exchange or banking organization as defined in section two of the bank-16ing law]. 17 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 of section 190.30 of the criminal 18 procedure law, as added by chapter 279 of the laws of 2008, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 (c) Any business record offered to a grand jury pursuant to paragraph 21 (a) of this subdivision that includes material [beyond that described in22such paragraph (a)] outside the scope of the business record as regular- 23 ly generated shall be redacted to exclude such additional material, or 24 received subject to a limiting instruction that the grand jury shall not 25 consider such additional material in support of any criminal charge. 26 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10861-01-5
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