Bill Text: TX HB1423 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the expiration of a protective order when the subject of the protective order is confined or imprisoned.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1423 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1423-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1423 | ||
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| relating to the expiration of a protective order when the subject of | ||
| the protective order is confined or imprisoned. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 85.025, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) As soon as practicable after the release of a person who | ||
| is the subject of a protective order from confinement or | ||
| imprisonment, the Department of Public Safety shall update the | ||
| statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the | ||
| department to reflect the date that the order will expire following | ||
| the person's release. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 85.026, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Each protective order issued under this subtitle must | ||
| specify when the order expires and must provide notice of any | ||
| extensions that may apply to a person who is the subject of the | ||
| order, as a result of any confinement or imprisonment of that | ||
| person. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 85.025(d), Family Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a protective order with respect to a person who | ||
| is the subject of the order and who is released from confinement or | ||
| imprisonment on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 85.026(d), Family Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a protective order issued on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1423 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 8, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1423 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
