Alex Bores’ Bills
A6983 · 2025–2026

Relates to the admissibility into evidence of statements in learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets

In committee Judiciary Committee
Courts & justice

Allows statements from learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets to be admitted as evidence when raised with an expert witness and established as a reliable authority (by an expert's testimony or judicial notice). (Auto-generated summary)

Official record

Official summary · NYS Open LegislationPermits the admissibility into evidence of statements in learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets if the statement is called to the attention of an expert witness and the publication is established as a reliable authority by the expert's admission or testimony, by another expert's testimony, or by judicial notice.

What it does: AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the admissibility of statements in learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets

Legislative history

  1. 2025-03-18Assembly: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  2. 2025-05-20Assembly: REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  3. 2026-01-07Assembly: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY