Bill Text: TX SB712 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the duration of certain protective orders against family violence.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-22 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB712 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB712-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 712 |
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relating to the duration of certain protective orders against | ||
family violence. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 85.025(a-1), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The court may render a protective order sufficient to | ||
protect the applicant and members of the applicant's family or | ||
household that is effective for a period that exceeds two years if | ||
the court finds that the person who is the subject of the protective | ||
order: | ||
(1) committed an act constituting a felony offense | ||
involving family violence against the applicant or a member of the | ||
applicant's family or household, regardless of whether the person | ||
has been charged with or convicted of the offense; | ||
(2) caused serious bodily injury to the applicant or a | ||
member of the applicant's family or household; or | ||
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protective orders rendered: | ||
(A) to protect the person on whose behalf the | ||
current protective order is sought; and | ||
(B) after a finding by the court that the subject | ||
of the protective order: | ||
(i) has committed family violence; and | ||
(ii) is likely to commit family violence in | ||
the future. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an application for a protective order that is filed on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. An application for a protective | ||
order filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect on the date the application is filed, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 712 passed the Senate on | ||
April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 712 passed the House on | ||
May 9, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |