H.B. No. 1500
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of
  an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 156.006, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  A person who files a motion for a temporary order
  authorized by Subsection (b)(1) shall execute and attach to the
  motion an affidavit on the person's personal knowledge or the
  person's belief based on representations made to the person by a
  person with personal knowledge that contains facts that support the
  allegation that the child's present circumstances would
  significantly impair the child's physical health or emotional
  development. The court shall deny the relief sought and decline to
  schedule a hearing on the motion unless the court determines, on the
  basis of the affidavit, that facts adequate to support the
  allegation are stated in the affidavit. If the court determines
  that the facts stated are adequate to support the allegation, the
  court shall set a time and place for the hearing.
         SECTION 2.  Section 156.006(b-1), Family Code, as added by
  this Act, applies to a suit for modification filed on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A suit for modification filed before
  that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was
  filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1500 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1500 was passed by the Senate on May
  20, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor