By: Rodríguez	S.B. No. 630

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to protective orders for certain victims of sexual assault
	or abuse, stalking, or trafficking.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 7A.01(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The following persons may file an application for a
	protective order under this chapter without regard to the
	relationship between the applicant and the alleged offender:
	(1)  a person who is the victim of an offense under
	Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 42.072, Penal Code;
	(2)  a person who is the victim of an offense under
	Section 20A.02, 20A.03, or 43.05, Penal Code;
	(3)  a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a person
	younger than 17 years of age who is the victim of an offense listed
	in Subdivision (1);
	(4)  a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a person
	younger than 18 years of age who is the victim of an offense listed
	in Subdivision (2); or
	(5)  a prosecuting attorney acting on behalf of a
	person described by Subdivision (1), [or] (2), (3), or (4).
	SECTION 2.  The heading to Article 56.021, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	Art. 56.021.  RIGHTS OF VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE,
	STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING.
	SECTION 3.  Article 56.021, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  This subsection applies only to a victim of an offense
	under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 42.072,
	or 43.05, Penal Code.  In addition to the rights enumerated in
	Article 56.02 and, if applicable, Subsection (a) of this article, a
	victim described by this subsection or a parent or guardian of the
	victim is entitled to the following rights within the criminal
	justice system:
	(1)  the right to request that the attorney
	representing the state, on request of the victim or victim's parent
	or guardian, as applicable, and subject to the Texas Disciplinary
	Rules of Professional Conduct, file an application for a protective
	order under Article 7A.01 on behalf of the victim;
	(2)  the right to be informed:
	(A)  that the victim or the victim's parent or
	guardian, as applicable, may file an application for a protective
	order under Article 7A.01;
	(B)  of the court in which the application for a
	protective order may be filed; and
	(C)  that, on request of the victim or victim's
	parent or guardian, as applicable, and subject to the Texas
	Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the attorney
	representing the state is required to file the application for a
	protective order;
	(3)  if the victim or victim's parent or guardian, as
	applicable, is present when the defendant is convicted or placed on
	deferred adjudication community supervision, the right to be given
	by the court the information described by Subdivision (2) and, if
	the court has jurisdiction over applications for protective orders
	that are filed under Article 7A.01, the right to file an application
	for a protective order immediately following the defendant's
	conviction or placement on deferred adjudication community
	supervision; and
	(4)  if the victim or victim's parent or guardian, as
	applicable, is not present when the defendant is convicted or
	placed on deferred adjudication community supervision, the right to
	be given by the attorney representing the state the information
	described by Subdivision (2).
	SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a
	victim of criminally injurious conduct for which a judgment of
	conviction is entered or a grant of deferred adjudication is made on
	or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the
	criminally injurious conduct occurred before, on, or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.