Senate Bill S6271A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S6271 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6455
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §530.15, amd §530.30, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2832, A4558
2023-2024: S3066, A3750

2025-S6271 - Summary

Authorizes courts to hold evidentiary hearings for a temporary order of protection in certain circumstances; grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court in certain circumstances.

2025-S6271 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6271 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6271
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RAMOS, KAVANAGH, MYRIE, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the  issuance
   of temporary orders of protection when an action is pending in a local
   criminal court

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 530.15 to read as follows:
 § 530.15 TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION HEARING.
   WHERE  A  COURT HAS ISSUED A TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.12 OF THIS ARTICLE OR SUBDIVISION ONE  OF
 SECTION  530.13  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, UPON APPLICATION OF A DEFENDANT, THE
 COURT SHALL HOLD AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING WHERE THE PROSECUTOR MUST  SHOW,
 BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, THAT THE TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION
 IS  NECESSARY  TO ACHIEVE ITS PURPOSE OF PROTECTING A DESIGNATED WITNESS
 OR COMPLAINANT FROM INTIMIDATION OR INJURY.
   (A) THE DEFENDANT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO SUCH HEARING WITHIN ONE HUNDRED
 TWENTY HOURS OF REQUESTING SUCH HEARING OR, IN THE EVENT THAT  A  SATUR-
 DAY,  SUNDAY,  OR  LEGAL  HOLIDAY  OCCURS, WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR
 HOURS OF REQUESTING SUCH HEARING.  NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN BY THE COURT  TO
 BOTH PARTIES, AS WELL AS THE PARTY PROTECTED BY THE ORDER OF PROTECTION,
 IN  ADVANCE  OF THE HEARING.  SUCH NOTICE SHALL DETAIL THE RIGHTS OF THE
 PROTECTED PARTY WITH RESPECT TO THE HEARING AND DESCRIBE  THE  DIFFERENT
 TYPES OF TEMPORARY ORDERS OF PROTECTION AVAILABLE.
   (B)  AT  THE  HEARING,  THE  PROSECUTION MUST PRESENT RELEVANT WITNESS
 TESTIMONY, OR ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE, SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION,  THOUGH
 THE WITNESS NEED NOT BE THE PARTY PROTECTED BY THE ORDER.
   (C)  THE COURT SHALL STATE ON THE RECORD OR IN WRITING ITS FINDINGS OF
 FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, THE REASONS FOR MAINTAINING, VACATING,  OR
 MODIFYING  THE TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION, AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, WHY
 THE TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE ITS PURPOSE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2025-S6271A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6455
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §530.15, amd §530.30, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2832, A4558
2023-2024: S3066, A3750

2025-S6271A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes courts to hold evidentiary hearings for a temporary order of protection in certain circumstances; grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court in certain circumstances.

2025-S6271A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6271A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6271--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RAMOS, KAVANAGH, MYRIE, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the issuance
   of temporary orders of protection when an action is pending in a local
   criminal court
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  criminal  procedure  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 530.15 to read as follows:
 § 530.15 TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION HEARING.
   WHERE A COURT HAS ISSUED A TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION 530.12 OF THIS ARTICLE OR SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION 530.13 OF THIS ARTICLE, UPON APPLICATION  OF  A  DEFENDANT,  THE
 COURT  SHALL HOLD AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING WHERE THE PROSECUTOR MUST SHOW,
 BY  AN  ARTICULATED  REASONABLE  BASIS,  THAT  THE  TEMPORARY  ORDER  OF
 PROTECTION  IS  LIKELY  TO  ACHIEVE ITS PURPOSE IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH A
 CONDITION, OF PROTECTING A DESIGNATED WITNESS OR COMPLAINANT FROM INTIM-
 IDATION OR INJURY.
   (A) THE DEFENDANT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO SUCH HEARING WITHIN FIVE  BUSI-
 NESS DAYS OF REQUESTING SUCH HEARING.  NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN BY THE COURT
 TO  BOTH  PARTIES,  AS  WELL  AS  THE  PARTY  PROTECTED  BY THE ORDER OF
 PROTECTION, IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARING.   SUCH NOTICE  SHALL  DETAIL  THE
 RIGHTS  OF  THE PROTECTED PARTY WITH RESPECT TO THE HEARING AND DESCRIBE
 THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEMPORARY ORDERS OF PROTECTION AVAILABLE.
   (B) AT THE HEARING, THE  PROSECUTION  MUST  PRESENT  RELEVANT  WITNESS
 TESTIMONY,  SUBJECT  TO CROSS-EXAMINATION.   THE WITNESS NEED NOT BE THE
 PARTY PROTECTED BY THE ORDER.  HEARSAY AND RELEVANT EVIDENCE IS ADMISSI-
 BLE, BUT SHALL BE INTRODUCED THROUGH A WITNESS.
   (C) THE COURT SHALL STATE ON THE RECORD OR IN WRITING ITS FINDINGS  OF
 FACTS  AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, THE REASONS FOR MAINTAINING, VACATING, OR
 MODIFYING THE TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION, AND, WHERE APPLICABLE,  WHY
 THE TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE ITS PURPOSE IN
 
              

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