New York A 3606: Relates to a training course and curriculum on the handling, investigation and response procedures concerning reports of domestic violence

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A03606 Summary:

BILL NOA03606 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon

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Amd §837, Exec L

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Relates to a training course and curriculum on the handling, investigation and response procedures concerning reports of domestic violence; requires law enforcement and judicial employees to participate in such training; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOA03606 

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01/29/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3606

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to a training course and
 curriculum on the handling, investigation and response procedures
 concerning reports of domestic violence

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
 3 24. (a) (i) The division shall develop and approve a training course
 4 and curriculum on the handling, investigation and response procedures
 5 concerning reports of domestic violence. This training course and
 6 curriculum shall be reviewed at least every two years and modified by
 7 the division from time to time as need may require. The division shall
 8 distribute the curriculum to all local police agencies.
 9 (ii) The attorney general shall be responsible for ensuring that all
 10 law enforcement officers attend initial training within ninety days of
 11 appointment or transfer and annual inservice training of at least four
 12 hours as described in this section.
 13 (b) (i) The chief administrator of the courts shall develop and
 14 approve a training course and a curriculum on the handling, investi-
 15 gation and response procedures concerning allegations of domestic
 16 violence. This training course shall be reviewed at least every two
 17 years and modified by the chief judge from time to time as need may
 18 require.
 19 (ii) The chief administrator of the courts shall be responsible for
 20 ensuring that all judges and judicial personnel attend initial training
 21 within ninety days of appointment or transfer and annual inservice
 22 training as described in this section.
 23 (iii) The division and the chief administrator of the courts shall
 24 provide that all training on the handling of domestic violence matters

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06325-01-5

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 1 shall include information concerning the impact of domestic violence on
 2 society, the dynamics of domestic violence, the statutory and case law
 3 concerning domestic violence, the necessary elements of a protection
 4 order, policies and procedures as promulgated or ordered by the attorney
 5 general or the court of appeals, and the use of available community
 6 resources, support services, available sanctions and treatment options.
 7 Law enforcement agencies shall: (1) establish domestic crisis teams or
 8 participate in established domestic crisis teams, and (2) shall train
 9 individual officers in methods of dealing with domestic violence. The
 10 teams may include social workers, clergy or other persons trained in
 11 counseling, crisis intervention or in the treatment of domestic
 12 violence.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 14 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 15 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 16 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 17 completed on or before such effective date.

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