bill setting a one-year floor on protective orders

The text as introduced · 263 words

89R2571 AMF-D

By: Manuel
H.B. No. 1754

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the minimum duration of certain protective orders.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 7B.007(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,

is amended to read as follows:

(a) A protective order issued under Article 7B.003 may be

effective for the duration of the lives of the offender and victim

or for a [ any shorter ] period of not less than one year stated in the

order. If a period is not stated in the order, the order is

effective until the second anniversary of the date the order was

issued.

SECTION 2. Section 85.025(a), Family Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an order

under this subtitle is effective:

(1) for a [ the ] period of not less than one year and

not more than two years stated in the order [ , not to exceed two

years ]; or

(2) if a period is not stated in the order, until the

second anniversary of the date the order was issued.

SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a protective order rendered on or after the effective date of

this Act. A protective order rendered before the effective date of

this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was

rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that

purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.