Hope Card Program; permanent protective orders.

Hope Card Program; permanent protective orders. Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Courtof Virginia to develop and implement a Hope Card Program (the Program) for the issuance of a Hope Card to any person who has been issueda permanent protective order by any general district court, juvenileand domestic relations court, or circuit court. The bill states thata Hope Card issued pursuant to the Program shall be a durable, plastic, wallet-sized card containing essential information about the protectiveorder, such as the identifying information and characteristics ofthe person subject to the protective order, the issuance and expirationdate of the protective order, the terms of the protective order,and the names of any other persons protected by the protective order.