88R8001 AMF-D
 
  By: Manuel H.B. No. 2095
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the restrictions that may be included in a protective
  order on a person found to have committed family violence.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 84, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 84.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 84.007.  NOTICE TO APPLICANT REGARDING RESTRICTIONS
  AVAILABLE UNDER PROTECTIVE ORDER. In a hearing on an application
  for a protective order, if the applicant has alleged that family
  violence has occurred, the court shall:
               (1)  inform the applicant of the restrictions that the
  court may impose in a protective order on a person found to have
  committed family violence, including by specifically discussing
  with the applicant the location restrictions described by Sections
  85.022(b)(3) and (4); and
               (2)  specifically ask the applicant if the applicant
  wishes the court to include one or both of the location restrictions
  described by Sections 85.022(b)(3) and (4) in the court's order if
  the court finds that the respondent has committed family violence
  and that family violence is likely to occur in the future.
         SECTION 2.  Section 85.022, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  In determining whether to include in a protective
  order the location restrictions described by Subsections (b)(3) and
  (4), the court must consider any wishes expressed by the applicant
  in response to the court's question to the applicant under Section
  84.007(2) regarding the inclusion of those restrictions in the
  court's order.
         SECTION 3.  Section 84.007, Family Code, as added by this
  Act, applies to a hearing on an application for a protective order
  held on or after the effective date of this Act regardless of the
  date the application is filed.
         SECTION 4.  Section 85.022(b-1), Family Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a protective order for which a hearing is
  held on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.