Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 317 amends provisions of the Penal Code relating to the elements of an offense of violating a protective or magistrate's order. Under previous law, a violation constituted an offense if a person knowingly or intentionally communicated in all of the following ways: (1) directly with a protected individual or a member of the family or household in a threatening or harassing manner; (2) a threat through any person to a protected individual; and (3) in any manner with a protected individual if the order prohibited communication. Senate Bill 317 provides that a person commits an offense if the person communicates with a protected individual in only one of these ways.