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1	1	H.B. No. 660
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the enforcement and administration of certain
6	6	protective orders.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Chapter 83, Family Code, is amended by adding
9	9	Section 83.0025 to read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 83.0025. ENFORCEMENT OF TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER. A
11	11	temporary ex parte order rendered under this chapter is enforceable
12	12	to the same extent and in the same manner as a final protective
13	13	order rendered under Chapter 85.
14	14	SECTION 2. Section 86.001(b), Family Code, is amended to
15	15	read as follows:
16	16	(b) A law enforcement agency shall [may] enter a protective
17	17	order in the agency's computer records of outstanding warrants as
18	18	notice that the order has been issued and is currently in effect. On
19	19	receipt of notification by a clerk of court that the court has
20	20	vacated or dismissed an order, the law enforcement agency shall
21	21	remove the order from the agency's computer record of outstanding
22	22	warrants.
23	23	SECTION 3. Section 86.0011(a), Family Code, is amended to
24	24	read as follows:
25	25	(a) On receipt of an original or modified protective order
26	26	from the clerk of the issuing court, or on receipt of information
27	27	pertaining to the date of confinement or imprisonment or date of
28	28	release of a person subject to the protective order, a law
29	29	enforcement agency shall immediately, but not later than the next
30	30	[third] business day after the date the order or information is
31	31	received, enter the information required by Section 411.042(b)(6),
32	32	Government Code, into the statewide law enforcement information
33	33	system maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
34	34	SECTION 4. Section 87.004(b), Family Code, is amended to
35	35	read as follows:
36	36	(b) The clerk of the court shall attach the notification of
37	37	change to the protective order and shall deliver a copy of the
38	38	notification to:
39	39	(1) the respondent by registered or certified mail as
40	40	provided by Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; and
41	41	(2) any other person entitled to a copy of the order
42	42	under Section 85.042.
43	43	SECTION 5. (a) Section 83.0025, Family Code, as added by
44	44	this Act, applies to a temporary ex parte protective order rendered
45	45	under Chapter 83, Family Code, regardless of whether the order was
46	46	rendered before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
47	47	(b) Sections 86.001(b) and 86.0011(a), Family Code, as
48	48	amended by this Act, apply only to information regarding a
49	49	protective order received by a law enforcement agency on or after
50	50	the effective date of this Act.
51	51	(c) Section 87.004(b), Family Code, as amended by this Act,
52	52	applies only to a notification of change of address or telephone
53	53	number filed with the court on or after the effective date of this
54	54	Act.
55	55	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
56	56	______________________________ ______________________________
57	57	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
58	58	I certify that H.B. No. 660 was passed by the House on April
59	59	28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not
60	60	voting.
61	61	______________________________
62	62	Chief Clerk of the House
63	63	I certify that H.B. No. 660 was passed by the Senate on May
64	64	21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
65	65	______________________________
66	66	Secretary of the Senate
67	67	APPROVED: _____________________
68	68	Date
69	69	_____________________
70	70	Governor