By: Campos (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.B. No. 1423

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023; May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 16, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE VOTE

YeaNayAbsentPNV

HughesX

PaxtonX

BettencourtX

BirdwellX

LaMantiaX

MenéndezX

MiddletonX

ParkerX

PerryX

SchwertnerX

ZaffiriniX

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

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, 2023.

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