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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 123: Limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 123 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding. Primary sponsor: Catalina Cruz (Democratic). It lists 37 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.5.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes an assumption of the inadmissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding; requires the proffering party to affirmatively prove that the evidence is admissible by clear and convincing evidence.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 27 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Catalina CruzPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Khaleel AndersonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse31
Harry BronsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse138
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
Robert CarrollCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Monique Chandler-WatermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse58
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Landon DaisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Erik DilanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Eddie GibbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse68
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Larinda HooksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse35
Chantel JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Marcela MitaynesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse51
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Jon RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse149
Gabriella RomeroCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse109
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Michaelle SolagesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Latrice WalkerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse55
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Jordan WrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.5
  2. SUBSTITUTED BY S464
  3. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.24
  4. REPORTED
  5. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source