Bill Text: TX HB2869 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the duration of certain protective orders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB2869 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2869-Introduced.html
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| By: Thierry | H.B. No. 2869 | |
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| relating to the duration of certain protective orders. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 7B.007, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-2) The court may issue a protective order effective for | ||
| the duration of the lives of the offender and victim if the offender | ||
| is not otherwise described by Subsection (a-1) and the victim | ||
| requests the issuance of the order. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a protective order issued on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. A protective order issued before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was | ||
| issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
