By: Campos (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.B. No. 1423
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;
May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 16, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
HughesX
PaxtonX
BettencourtX
BirdwellX
LaMantiaX
MenéndezX
MiddletonX
ParkerX
PerryX
SchwertnerX
ZaffiriniX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the expiration of a protective order when the subject of
the protective order is confined or imprisoned.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.025, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) As soon as practicable after the release of a person who
is the subject of a protective order from confinement or
imprisonment, the Department of Public Safety shall update the
statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the
department to reflect the date that the order will expire following
the person's release.
SECTION 2. Section 85.026, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Each protective order issued under this subtitle must
specify when the order expires and must provide notice of any
extensions that may apply to a person who is the subject of the
order, as a result of any confinement or imprisonment of that
person.
SECTION 3. Section 85.025(d), Family Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a protective order with respect to a person who
is the subject of the order and who is released from confinement or
imprisonment on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. Section 85.026(d), Family Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a protective order issued on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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