BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 1495

By: Thompson, Senfronia

Juvenile Justice & Family Issues

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties note a need to clarify the law relating to the rendition of certain temporary orders during the pendency of a suit for modification of an order that provides for the conservatorship, support, or possession of or access to a child. H.B. 1495 seeks to provide this clarification.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 1495 amends the Family Code to include among the temporary orders a court is prohibited from rendering, with certain exceptions, while a suit for modification of an order that provides for the conservatorship, support, or possession of or access to a child is pending an order that has the effect of creating a designation of the person who has the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child under the final order and an order that has the effect of creating a geographic area, or changing or eliminating the geographic area, within which a conservator must maintain the child's primary residence under the final order.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2017.