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Senate Bill 893 |
Senate Author: Carona |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Carter |
Senate Bill 893 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize a court, in issuing a protective order for a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking, to prohibit an alleged offender from communicating in any manner with a protective order applicant or any member of the applicant's family or household except through the applicant's attorney or a person appointed by the court and amends the Penal Code to make it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly violate such a prohibition.
Senate Bill 893 amends the Government Code to establish provisions relating to the collection and reporting of information by the Department of Public Safety regarding bond conditions imposed on a person subject to an active protective order for the protection of the victim in any family violence, sexual assault or abuse, or stalking case. The bill also amends the Penal Code to make it an offense to knowingly or intentionally commit certain acts in violation of a condition of bond set in a sexual assault or abuse or stalking case and related to the safety of a victim or the safety of the community.