Bill Text: TX HB2523 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expiration of a protective order when the subject of the protective order is confined or imprisoned.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB2523 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2523-Introduced.html
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| By: Campos | H.B. No. 2523 | |
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| relating to the expiration of a protective order when the subject of | ||
| the protective order is confined or imprisoned. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 85.025, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) As soon as practicable after the release of a person who | ||
| is the subject of a protective order from confinement or | ||
| imprisonment, the Department of Public Safety shall update the | ||
| statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the | ||
| department to reflect the date that the order will expire following | ||
| the person's release. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 85.026, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Each protective order issued under this subtitle must | ||
| specify when the order expires and must provide notice of any | ||
| extensions that may apply to a person who is the subject of the | ||
| order, as a result of any confinement or imprisonment of that | ||
| person. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 85.025(d), Family Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a protective order with respect to a person who | ||
| is the subject of the order and who is released from confinement or | ||
| imprisonment on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 85.026(d), Family Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a protective order issued on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
