---
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).