H.B. No. 1782
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to protective orders against certain persons who are
  convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community
  supervision for an offense involving family violence.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 81, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 81.0015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 81.0015.  PRESUMPTION. For purposes of this subtitle,
  there is a presumption that family violence has occurred and is
  likely to occur in the future if:
               (1)  the respondent has been convicted of or placed on
  deferred adjudication community supervision for any of the
  following offenses against the child for whom the petition is
  filed:
                     (A)  an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, for
  which the court has made an affirmative finding that the offense
  involved family violence under Article 42.013, Code of Criminal
  Procedure; or
                     (B)  an offense under Title 6, Penal Code;
               (2)  the respondent's parental rights with respect to
  the child have been terminated; and
               (3)  the respondent is seeking or attempting to seek
  contact with the child.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a request for a protective order that is filed on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A request for a protective order filed
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the request is 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. 1782 was passed by the House on May
  15, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1782 was passed by the Senate on May
  27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor