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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 88(R)

House Bill 3698

House Author:  Landgraf

Effective:  9-1-23

Senate Sponsor:  Zaffirini


            House Bill 3698 amends the Government Code to include among the searchable information accessible to the public in the protective order registry maintained by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System any known common misspellings of the name and any known aliases of a person who is the subject of the protective order. The bill includes a magistrate among the authorized users with access to copies of applications for protective orders and copies of protective orders in the registry.