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Jun 06, 2023 | referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1645 committee discharged and committed to rules |
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senate Bill S5935
Sponsored By
Cordell Cleare
(D) 30th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Jacob Ashby
(R) 43rd Senate District
S5935 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5040
- Law Section:
- Judiciary Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 22-B §858, Judy L
S5935 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "hope card act" directing the office of court administration to develop a program to issue hope cards containing the information regarding and content of a final order of protection to requesting petitioners who have received final orders of protection at no cost to such petitioner.
S5935 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5935 SPONSOR: CLEARE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to enacting the "hope card act" PURPOSE: This bill would require that the Office of Court Administration develop a program for the issuance of "Hope Cards" to petitioners that have been granted a final order of protection. Hope Cards will function as a wallet-sized, laminated card that petitioners can carry with them, and hold the same validity as a traditional paper order of protection. The goal of the Hope Card program is to empower survivors of domestic violence to more effectively enforce orders of protection. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would set the title as the "Hope Card Act"
S5935 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5935 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to enacting the "hope card act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "hope card act". § 2. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new article 22-B to read as follows: ARTICLE 22-B HOPE CARD ACT SECTION 858. HOPE CARDS. § 858. HOPE CARDS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "HOPE CARD" SHALL MEAN A LAMINATED AND WALLET-SIZED CARD THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT AN ORDER OF PROTECTION. 2. THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO ISSUE A HOPE CARD TO A PETITIONER THAT HAS BEEN GRANTED A FINAL ORDER OF PROTECTION. THE PROGRAM SHALL ALLOW FOR PETITIONERS THE ABILITY TO REQUEST A HOPE CARD AT THE TIME A FINAL ORDER OF PROTECTION HAS BEEN ISSUED WHILE IN COURT, AND THE ABILITY TO APPLY AT A LATER DATE. 3. A HOPE CARD SHALL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO A REQUESTING PETITION- ER; AND SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESPONDENT, AS WELL AS ANY INFORMATION REGARDING ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANION ANIMALS COVERED UNDER SUCH ORDER OF PROTECTION, IN ADDITION TO THE PETITIONER. HOPE CARDS SHALL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT OF A PAPER ORDER OF PROTECTION ISSUED BY THE COURTS, AND HAVE THE SAME VALIDITY CONTAINED THEREIN. NO LIMITS SHALL BE IMPOSED ON THE NUMBER OF HOPE CARDS A PETITIONER MAY REQUEST. 4. APPLICATIONS FOR HOPE CARDS SHALL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE IN AN ONLINE PORTAL DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED BY THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08437-01-3 S. 5935 2
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