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Assembly Bill A8785

Signed By Governor

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends expiration of provisions of judiciary law authorizing referees to determine applications for orders of protection while family court is in session

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2025-A8785 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8236
Law Section:
Judiciary
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap 363 of 2010
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7661, S7474

2025-A8785 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection.

2025-A8785 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8785
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 363 of the laws of 2010, amending the  judiciary
   law  relating  to  granting  the chief administrator of the courts the
   authority to allow referees to determine applications  for  orders  of
   protection during the hours family court is in session, in relation to
   the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 363 of the laws of 2010, amending  the
 judiciary law relating to granting the chief administrator of the courts
 the  authority to allow referees to determine applications for orders of
 protection during the hours family court is in session,  as  amended  by
 chapter 323 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided that paragraph
 (n) of subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law,  as  added  by
 section  one  of this act, shall expire and be deemed repealed September
 1, [2025] 2027.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13251-01-5

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