Bill Text: TX HB3021 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to informing the public about the availability of provisions in protective orders, including provisions regarding pets and other companion animals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3021 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3021-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to informing the public about the availability of provisions in protective orders, including provisions regarding pets and other companion animals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3021 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3021-Introduced.html
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By: Ramos | H.B. No. 3021 |
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relating to informing the public about the availability of | ||
provisions in protective orders regarding pets and other companion | ||
animals. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 81, Family Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 81.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.012. AVAILABILITY OF PROVISIONS UNDER PROTECTIVE | ||
ORDER. The attorney general and the State Bar of Texas shall | ||
jointly develop information to provide to the public about the | ||
provisions that may be included in a protective order, including | ||
the ability of a court to render a protective order prohibiting a | ||
party from removing a pet, companion animal, or assistance animal, | ||
as defined by Section 121.002, Human Resources Code, from the | ||
possession or actual or constructive care of a person named in the | ||
order. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |