Efforts to revamp the state’s decades-old laws on criminal discovery continued in Albany on Tuesday as advocates and elected officials gathered at the state capitol to push for the reform, which appeared to gain momentum among lawmakers in recent days.

A bill that would mandate the exchange of evidence that prosecutors and defendants intend to present at trial early on in a criminal proceeding could be approved as early as next week, lawmakers have said.

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