Permanent protective orders; Hope Card Program created.

Permanent protective orders; Hope Card Programcreated. Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of theSupreme Court of Virginia to develop and all district courts andcircuit courts to implement the Hope Card Program (the Program) forthe issuance of a Hope Card to any person who has been issued a permanentprotective order by any district court or circuit court. The billprovides that a Hope Card issued pursuant to the Program shall bea durable, plastic, wallet-sized card containing, to the extent possible,essential information about the protective order, such as the identifyinginformation and characteristics of the person subject to the protectiveorder, the issuance and expiration date of the protective order, the terms of the protective order, and the names of any other personsprotected by the protective order.