---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts \"Melanie's law\""
description: "Enacts \"Melanie's law\"; relates to orders of protection; allows courts to issue orders of protection for immediate family members or household members of the named victims, regardless of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6288"
citation: "New York S 6288 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-04-11"
last_action: "2024-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80834b5f-cb3f-428e-a1ca-f398027ff5e1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6288"
source_hash: "9877cf24743e5b5b272d4e17068cc37411c65a814a93a8f826fb3a60b73cf746"
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 S 6288 (2023-2024) — Enacts "Melanie's law"

Enacts "Melanie's law"; relates to orders of protection; allows courts to issue orders of protection for immediate family members or household members of the named victims, regardless of age.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6288&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Children And Families Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)
- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1684
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.724
- **2024-03-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-06** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6026
- **2024-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.425
- **2024-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.541 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80834b5f-cb3f-428e-a1ca-f398027ff5e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).