Bill Text: TX HB2093 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the minimum duration of a protective order.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2093 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2093-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the minimum duration of a protective order.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2093 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2093-Introduced.html
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By: Manuel | H.B. No. 2093 |
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relating to the minimum duration of a protective order. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 7B.007(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A protective order issued under Article 7B.003 may be | ||
effective for the duration of the lives of the offender and victim | ||
or for a [ |
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order. If a period is not stated in the order, the order is | ||
effective until the second anniversary of the date the order was | ||
issued. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 85.025(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an order | ||
under this subtitle is effective: | ||
(1) for a [ |
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not more than two years stated in the order [ |
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(2) if a period is not stated in the order, until the | ||
second anniversary of the date the order was issued. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a protective order rendered on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. A protective order rendered before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was | ||
rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |