Text of NY A 10397 (2024)

STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10397 IN ASSEMBLY May 21, 2024 ___________ 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