Requires the office for the prevention of domestic violence to conduct a study on domestic violence in the transgender community with a focus on Black transgender women.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10397
SPONSOR: Rules (Bichotte Hermelyn) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to require the office for the prevention of domestic violence to
conduct a study on domestic violence in the transgender community
PURPOSE:
To establish a study by the office for the prevention of domestic
violence.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
The office for the prevention of domestic violence shall conduct a study
on domestic violence in the transgender community with a focus on domes-
tic violence against Black transgender women. The study shall
examine,evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the prevention of
domestic violence on the transgender community; find ways to reduce such
domestic violence and increase the reporting of domestic violence; and
examine reasons such domestic violence disproportionately affects Black
transgender women. Within one year after the effective date of this
act, the office for the prevention of domestic violence shall prepare
and submit to the governor, stated.senate and assembly chairs, a report
containing the study's findings, including recommendations for legis-
lation or other actions to address domestic violence in the transgender
community.
JUSTIFICATION:
Transgender individuals and communities experience sexual violence and
assault, discrimination, domestic abuse, harassment, and hate crimes.
According to the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, communi-
ties of color experience these events at higher rates. No one should
live in fear of harm, establishing a study to help understand how and
why these events take place will ultimately assist in providing much
needed protections and safeguards.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:2021-22:
S5940 - Referred to Governmental Operations;
2019-20: S9099 - Referred to Rules
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10397
IN ASSEMBLY
May 21, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A.
Bichotte Hermelyn) -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations
AN ACT to require the office for the prevention of domestic violence to
conduct a study on domestic violence in the transgender community
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The office for the prevention of domestic violence shall
2 conduct a study on domestic violence in the transgender community with a
3 focus on domestic violence against Black transgender women. The study on
4 domestic violence in the transgender community shall:
5 (a) examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the preva-
6 lence, causes, effects, risks and costs of such domestic violence on the
7 transgender community;
8 (b) find ways to reduce such domestic violence and increase the
9 reporting of domestic violence; and
10 (c) examine reasons why such domestic violence disproportionately
11 affects Black transgender women.
12 § 2. Within one year after the effective date of this act, the office
13 for the prevention of domestic violence shall prepare and submit to the
14 governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the
15 assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of
16 the assembly a report containing the study's findings. Such report shall
17 also include any recommendations for legislative or other actions that
18 can be undertaken to address domestic violence in the transgender commu-
19 nity.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08036-01-3
