Monitoring the Session

HB 782

bill making protective order transfers mandatory

Companion SB 1559 became law

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Senfronia ThompsonDHouse 141

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the transfer of a protective order.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

No more specific finding first. Ask, and the order moves.

The bill makes it mandatory, not optional, for a court that issued a protective order to transfer that order to the court handling a related divorce or child custody case when a party asks or the court moves on its own. It removes the old requirement that the court first make a specific finding before transferring. It touches family courts and the parties in protective order cases tied to divorce or custody suits, and it applies to transfer motions made on or after September 1, 2025.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB782 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Senfronia ThompsonDHouse 141

ITEM

relating to the transfer of a protective order.

WHAT IT DOES

No more specific finding first. Ask, and the order moves.

The bill makes it mandatory, not optional, for a court that issued a protective order to transfer that order to the court handling a related divorce or child custody case when a party asks or the court moves on its own. It removes the old requirement that the court first make a specific finding before transferring. It touches family courts and the parties in protective order cases tied to divorce or custody suits, and it applies to transfer motions made on or after September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 17, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
  4. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  5. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  7. Left pending in subcommittee
  8. Recalled from subcommittee
  9. Considered in formal meeting
  10. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  11. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  12. Committee report distributed
  13. Committee report sent to Calendars
  14. Considered in Calendars
  15. Placed on General State Calendar
  16. Companion considered in lieu of SB 1559
  17. Laid on the table subject to call
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Senfronia Thompson

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$40KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$23KTexas Sands PAC$14K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 18, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$40,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$40,000.00

Cash
$40,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$40,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 16, 2024 to Sep 29, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100991261, 101012357, 101035257, 101068783.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$22,500.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 31, 2024 to Oct 7, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100991261, 101012357, 101035257, 101068783.

Texas Sands PAC$14,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101011899, 101012357, 101035257.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$40,000.00

Cash
$40,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$40,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 16, 2024 to Sep 29, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100991261, 101012357, 101035257, 101068783.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 31, 2024 to Oct 7, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100991261, 101012357, 101035257, 101068783.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 4, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101011899, 101012357, 101035257.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses7
For
4
Against
2
On
1
Names

For

  • Self2 registrations
  • Self; Texas Family Law Foundation1 registration
  • Texas Family Law Foundation1 registration

Against

  • Self2 registrations

On

  • Texas Council on Family Violence1 registration
Sources

7 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 17, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

05/15/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Committee vote 9 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 1559 by Zaffirini (identical)

Subjects

Family--Family Violence

PROTECTIVE ORDERS

Text

The text as introduced · 288 words

89R2199 AMF-F

By: Thompson
H.B. No. 782

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the transfer of a protective order.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 85.064(a) and (b), Family Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(a) If a protective order was rendered before the filing of

a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the

parent-child relationship or while the suit is pending as provided

by Section 85.062, the court that rendered the order shall [ may ], on

the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, transfer the

protective order to the court having jurisdiction of the suit [ if

the court makes the finding prescribed by Subsection (c) ].

(b) If a protective order that affects a party's right to

possession of or access to a child is rendered after the date a

final order was rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child

relationship, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion,

the court shall [ may ] transfer the protective order to the court of

continuing, exclusive jurisdiction [ if the court makes the finding

prescribed by Subsection (c) ].

SECTION 2. Section 85.064(c), Family Code, is repealed.

SECTION 3. Section 85.064, Family Code, as amended by this

Act, applies only to a motion to transfer a protective order that is

made on or after the effective date of this Act. A motion made

before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in

effect on the date the motion was made, and the former law is

continued in effect for that purpose.

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