88R9994 JSC-D
By: Landgraf H.B. No. 3696
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on the effectiveness of protective orders in
this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this section:
(1) "Office" means the Office of Court Administration
of the Texas Judicial System.
(2) "Protective order" means any order that is issued
or rendered by a court and that prohibits a person from engaging in
certain specified conduct directed toward another person or
property, including:
(A) a protective order under Title 4, Family
Code;
(B) a temporary restraining order under Section
6.501, Family Code, or a protective order under Section 6.504,
Family Code;
(C) a magistrate's order for emergency
protection under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(D) a protective order under Subchapter A,
Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) The office shall conduct a study on the effectiveness of
protective orders in protecting victims of violence in this state.
(c) The office shall create a report based on the study
conducted under this section. The report must include:
(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of protective
orders in protecting victims of violence in this state by deterring
the person who is the subject of the order from engaging in the
conduct prohibited under those orders; and
(2) legislative recommendations on methods to improve
the enforcement of protective orders in this state.
(d) Not later than September 1, 2024, the office shall
submit the report required under Subsection (c) of this section to
the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of
representatives, and appropriate committees of the legislature.
(e) This section expires January 1, 2025.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.