84R11988 LEH-D
By: Blanco, Alvarado H.B. No. 2645
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of
bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, or stalking
case; creating an offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.07(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if, in violation of a
condition of bond set in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse,
or stalking case and related to the safety of a victim or the safety
of the community, an order issued under Article 17.292, Code of
Criminal Procedure, an order issued under Section 6.504, Family
Code, Chapter 83, Family Code, if the temporary ex parte order has
been served on the person, or Chapter 85, Family Code, or an order
issued by another jurisdiction as provided by Chapter 88, Family
Code, the person knowingly or intentionally:
(1) commits family violence or an act in furtherance
of an offense under Section 22.011, 22.021, or 42.072;
(2) communicates:
(A) directly with a protected individual or a
member of the family or household in a threatening or harassing
manner;
(B) a threat through any person to a protected
individual or a member of the family or household; or
(C) in any manner with the protected individual
or a member of the family or household except through the person's
attorney or a person appointed by the court, if the violation is of
an order described by this subsection and the order prohibits any
communication with a protected individual or a member of the family
or household;
(3) goes to or near any of the following places as
specifically described in the order or condition of bond:
(A) the residence or place of employment or
business of a protected individual or a member of the family or
household; or
(B) any child care facility, residence, or school
where a child protected by the order or condition of bond normally
resides or attends;
(4) possesses a firearm; [or]
(5) harms, threatens, or interferes with the care,
custody, or control of a pet, companion animal, or assistance
animal that is possessed by a person protected by the order; or
(6) removes or attempts to remove a global positioning
monitoring system.
SECTION 2. Section 25.07(b), Penal Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:
(2-a) "Global positioning monitoring system" has the
meaning assigned by Article 17.49, Code of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.