H.B. No. 388
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duration of protective orders issued in cases of
  family violence against persons who are subsequently confined or
  imprisoned.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 85.025(c), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  If a person who is the subject of a protective order is
  confined or imprisoned on the date the protective order would
  expire under Subsection (a) or (a-1), or if the protective order
  would expire not later than the first anniversary of the date the
  person is released from confinement or imprisonment, the period for
  which the order is effective is extended, and the order expires on:
               (1)  the first anniversary of the date the person is
  released from confinement or imprisonment, if the person was
  sentenced to confinement or imprisonment for more than five years;
  or
               (2)  the second anniversary of the date the person is
  released from confinement or imprisonment, if the person was
  sentenced to confinement or imprisonment for five years or less.
         SECTION 2.  Section 85.025(c), Family Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to a protective order issued on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A protective order issued before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the order is issued, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 388 was passed by the House on April
  16, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 388 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor