Amend SB 116 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike amended Section 71.0021(a), Family Code (page 1, lines 8-17), and substitute the following:

(a)  "Dating violence" means an act, other than a defensive measure to protect oneself, by an actor [individual] that:

(1)  is committed against a victim:

(A)  [another individual] with whom the actor [that person] has or has had a dating relationship; or

(B)  because of the victim's marriage to or dating relationship with an individual with whom the actor is or has been in a dating relationship or marriage; and

(2)  [that] is intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault or that is a threat that reasonably places the victim [individual] in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault [, but does not include defensive measures to protect oneself].

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber the SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:

SECTION ____.  Section 82.002(b), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  With regard to family violence under Section 71.004(3), an application for a protective order to protect the applicant may be filed by:

(1)  an adult member of the dating relationship; or

(2)  an adult member of the marriage, if the victim is or was married as described by Section 71.0021(a)(1)(B).

(3)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1, lines 18-19), strike "Section 71.0021," and substitute "Sections 71.0021 and 82.002,".