Bill Text: TX HB3696 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the effectiveness of protective orders in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3696 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3696-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Landgraf | H.B. No. 3696 |
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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. |