---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends expiration of provisions of judiciary law authorizing referees to determine applications for orders of protection while family court is in session"
description: "Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7661"
citation: "New York A 7661 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monica P. Wallace"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-31"
last_action: "2023-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c8acbe6-a3fc-40a2-a735-ae604b511b84"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7661"
source_hash: "9c215866e9cba29c56621a2603ac7c027561b128596a0c0f58030d746a9da616"
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 7661 (2023-2024) — Extends expiration of provisions of judiciary law authorizing referees to determine applications for orders of protection while family court is in session

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

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7661&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Monica P. Wallace — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** REPORTED
- **2023-06-05** RULES REPORT CAL.565
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.565
- **2023-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7474
- **2023-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1557
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-08-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-23** SIGNED CHAP.323 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c8acbe6-a3fc-40a2-a735-ae604b511b84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).