Bill Text: TX HB388 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the duration of protective orders issued in cases of family violence against persons who are subsequently confined or imprisoned.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-09 - Effective immediately [HB388 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB388-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 388

AN ACT
relating to the duration of protective orders issued in cases of
family violence against persons who are subsequently confined or
imprisoned.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.025(c), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) If a person who is the subject of a protective order is
confined or imprisoned on the date the protective order would
expire under Subsection (a) or (a-1), or if the protective order
would expire not later than the first anniversary of the date the
person is released from confinement or imprisonment, the period for
which the order is effective is extended, and the order expires on:
(1) the first anniversary of the date the person is
released from confinement or imprisonment, if the person was
sentenced to confinement or imprisonment for more than five years;
or
(2) the second anniversary of the date the person is
released from confinement or imprisonment, if the person was
sentenced to confinement or imprisonment for five years or less.
SECTION 2. Section 85.025(c), Family Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a protective order issued on or after the
effective date of this Act. A protective order issued before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the order is issued, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 388 was passed by the House on April
16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 388 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor