New York A 3220: Provides for the establishment of a separate office of family court judge for the county of Essex

Status: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 3220

Sponsors: Matthew Simpson

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A03220 Summary:

BILL NOA03220 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00549

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SPONSORSimpson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §131, Fam Ct Act

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Provides for the establishment of a separate office of family court judge for the county of Essex.

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01/23/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3220

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMPSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to establishing a
 separate office of judge of the family court for the county of Essex

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

 1 Section 1. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision (y) to read as follows:
 3 (y) There shall be a separate office of judge of the family court for
 4 the county of Essex and the compensation payable for such separate
 5 office of judge of the family court shall be the same as the compen-
 6 sation payable to the judge of the county court of the county of Essex.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately except that the family
 8 court judge for the county of Essex provided for in this act shall first
 9 be elected at the general election to be held in November 2025 and shall
 10 first take office January 1, 2026.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02345-01-5

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