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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the \"hope card act\""
+description: "Relates to the \"hope card act\" to provide that any protected party of a final order of protection shall be provided either a digital image of the final order of protection as issued in court, delivered via text message, email or other electronic communication; or a durable, wallet-sized physical card that contains a summary of information about a final order of protection; makes related provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 8604"
+citation: "New York A 8604 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sarah Clark"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-12"
+last_action: "2024-02-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7161db73-7380-4f92-97e0-ad8cc6e75496"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8604"
+source_hash: "23e4f5472179f565aae92f0d8ca3ed01e254cda1bc77c3f52101423a4cc36b7e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 8604 (2023-2024) — Relates to the "hope card act"
+
+Relates to the "hope card act" to provide that any protected party of a final order of protection shall be provided either a digital image of the final order of protection as issued in court, delivered via text message, email or other electronic communication; or a durable, wallet-sized physical card that contains a summary of information about a final order of protection; makes related provisions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8604** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8604&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sarah Clark — primary (person)
+- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-12** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-23** REPORTED
+- **2024-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.287
+- **2024-01-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-01-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-01-29** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8063
+- **2024-02-05** 3RD READING CAL.193
+- **2024-02-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-02-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.48 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7161db73-7380-4f92-97e0-ad8cc6e75496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+