BILL NUMBER: S1604
SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the family court act, in
relation to notification of service of ex parte orders of protection
 
PURPOSE:
Provides for the immediate notification to a complainant, in the manner
specified by the complainant, of the service of an ex parte order of
protection.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new section
530.13-A to include notification of service of ex parte order of
protection.
Section 2. The family court act is amended by adding a new section
153-d.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Access to information is a vital and important concern for crime
victims. in 1993, a young woman was murdered by her former boyfriend
because she did not know that he had been released from jail. Her murder
led to the creation of the automated victim notification system which
over thirty states have adopted, including New York. New York however,
has not taken the next step and extended these automated notifications
to include protective orders. Thousands of victims are killed or revic-
timized each year immediately after an order of protection is served on
their abuser. By including protective orders, victims are notified when
they are in the greatest danger and criminal justice agencies are given
new tools to assist them during this vulnerable time. Notification can
be by mail, telephone, E-mail, or other means of electronic communi-
cation, which will provide security and emotional peace of mind by
allowing victims to be notified in real time when their protection order
request has been served. Congress has already approved millions of
dollars to help states expand their victim notification systems, and the
Bureau of. Justice Assistance within the U S. Department of Justice has
made these grants available to York would become eligible for this
states, By passing this legislation, New funding.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: S.2828 - Referred to Codes
2023:S.2828 - Referred to Codes
2022:S.4496 - Referred to Codes
2021:S.4496 - Referred to Codes
2020:S.375 - Referred to Codes
2019:S.375 - Referred to Codes/A.3093 - Referred to Codes
2018: S.4060- Third Reading Calendar/A.4370 - Referred to Codes
2017: S.4060- Passed Senate/A.4370- Referred to Codes
2016: S.3335- Passed Senate/A.10094- Passed Senate
2015: S.3335- Passed Senate
2014: S.3622- Referred to Codes
2012: S.2942- Passed Senate/A.3677-Referred to Codes
2011: S.2942- Passed Senate/A.3677-Referred to Codes
2010: S.733 -Referred to Codes/A.10663 - Referred to Codes
2009: A.733 -Referred to Codes/A.10663
2008: S.7052- Passed Senate
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.