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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 464: Limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against such defendant in a criminal proceeding

Passed one chamber 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

S 464 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate 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: Brad Hoylman-Sigal. It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2025): ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.24.

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 2 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brad Hoylman-SigalPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“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.24
  2. SUBSTITUTED FOR A123
  3. REFERRED TO CODES
  4. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  5. PASSED SENATE
  6. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  7. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  8. 1ST REPORT CAL.175
  9. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

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