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Amend SB 495 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 12, strike "child neglect or physical or sexual abuse" and substitute "child neglect or [physical or sexual] abuse or family violence".
(2) On page 1, strike lines 14 through 22 and substitute the following:
(1) that parent; or
(2) any person who resides in that parent's household or who is permitted by that parent to have unsupervised access to the child during that parent's periods of possession of or access to the child [directed against the other parent, a spouse, or a child].
(3) On page 1, line 24, through page 2, line 1, strike "child neglect or physical or sexual abuse" and substitute "child neglect or [physical or sexual] abuse or family violence".
(4) On page 2, strike lines 8 through 11 and substitute the following:
(1) "Abuse" and "neglect" have the meanings assigned by Section 261.001.
(2) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004.