Bill Text: TX HB2703 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the removal of a vacated protective order from the protective order registry maintained by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-31 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB2703 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2703-Introduced.html

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87R7733 MEW-F
By: Landgraf H.B. No. 2703

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of a vacated protective order from the
protective order registry maintained by the Office of Court
Administration of the Texas Judicial System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 72.154(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Publicly accessible information regarding each
protective order must consist of the following:
(1) the court that issued the protective order;
(2) the case number;
(3) the full name, county of residence, birth year,
and race or ethnicity of the person who is the subject of the
protective order;
(4) the dates the protective order was issued and
served; and
(5) [the date the protective order was vacated, if
applicable; and
[(6)] the date the protective order expired or will
expire, as applicable.
SECTION 2. Section 72.155(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The registry must include a copy of each application for
a protective order filed in this state and a copy of each protective
order issued in this state, including an [a vacated or] expired
order. Only an authorized user, the attorney general, a district
attorney, a criminal district attorney, a county attorney, a
municipal attorney, or a peace officer may access that information
under the registry.
SECTION 3. Section 72.157, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) For a protective order [that is vacated or] that has
expired, the clerk of the applicable court shall modify the record
of the order in the registry to reflect the order's status as
[vacated or] expired.
(b-1) For a protective order that is vacated, the clerk of
the applicable court shall remove the record of the order from the
registry.
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
Judicial System shall remove the record of any protective orders
that have been vacated from the protective order registry
established under Subchapter F, Chapter 72, Government Code, as
amended by this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.