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| 1 | 1 | 86R12763 JSC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 2344 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to evidence sufficient for the issuance of a stalking | |
| 8 | 8 | protective order. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 7A.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) A court may not find that there are reasonable grounds | |
| 13 | 13 | to believe that the applicant is the victim of stalking solely based | |
| 14 | 14 | on the content of an electronic communication unless the | |
| 15 | 15 | communication threatens harm to the applicant, a member of the | |
| 16 | 16 | applicant's family or household, the applicant's pet or property, | |
| 17 | 17 | or another person. For purposes of this subsection, "electronic | |
| 18 | 18 | communication" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.07, Penal | |
| 19 | 19 | Code. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 21 | 21 | to an application for a protective order submitted on or after the | |
| 22 | 22 | effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the | |
| 23 | 23 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | |
| 24 | 24 | date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued | |
| 25 | 25 | in effect for that purpose. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |