Bill Text: TX HB3698 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to expanding access to the protective order registry and the inclusion of certain information regarding a person who is the subject of a protective order in that registry.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3698 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3698-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to expanding access to the protective order registry and the inclusion of certain information regarding a person who is the subject of a protective order in that registry.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3698 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3698-Engrossed.html
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By: Landgraf | H.B. No. 3698 |
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relating to expanding access to the protective order registry and | ||
the inclusion of certain information regarding a person who is the | ||
subject of a protective order in that registry. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 72.154(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Subject to Subsections (c) and (d) and Section 72.158, | ||
the office shall establish and maintain the registry in a manner | ||
that allows a member of the public, free of charge, to | ||
electronically search for and receive publicly accessible | ||
information contained in the registry regarding each protective | ||
order issued in this state. The registry must be searchable by: | ||
(1) the county of issuance; | ||
(2) the name of a person who is the subject of the | ||
protective order; [ |
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(3) any known common misspellings of the name of a | ||
person who is the subject of the protective order; | ||
(4) any known aliases of a person who is the subject of | ||
the protective order; and | ||
(5) the birth year of a person who is the subject of | ||
the protective order. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 72.155, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 72.155. RESTRICTED ACCESS TO PROTECTIVE ORDER | ||
REGISTRY. (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 expired order, | ||
or a vacated order other than an order that was vacated as the | ||
result of an appeal or bill of review from a district or county | ||
court. Only an authorized user, the attorney general, a district | ||
attorney, a criminal district attorney, a county attorney, a | ||
municipal attorney, a magistrate, or a peace officer may access | ||
that information under the registry. | ||
(b) The office shall ensure that an authorized user, the | ||
attorney general, a district attorney, a criminal district | ||
attorney, a county attorney, a municipal attorney, a magistrate, or | ||
a peace officer is able to search for and receive a copy of a filed | ||
application for a protective order or a copy of an issued protective | ||
order through the registry's Internet website. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |