84R11988 LEH-D
	By: Blanco	H.B. No. 2645

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of
	bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, or stalking
	case; creating an offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.07(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if, in violation of a
	condition of bond set in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse,
	or stalking case and related to the safety of a victim or the safety
	of the community, an order issued under Article 17.292, Code of
	Criminal Procedure, an order issued under Section 6.504, Family
	Code, Chapter 83, Family Code, if the temporary ex parte order has
	been served on the person, or Chapter 85, Family Code, or an order
	issued by another jurisdiction as provided by Chapter 88, Family
	Code, the person knowingly or intentionally:
	(1)  commits family violence or an act in furtherance
	of an offense under Section 22.011, 22.021, or 42.072;
	(2)  communicates:
	(A)  directly with a protected individual or a
	member of the family or household in a threatening or harassing
	manner;
	(B)  a threat through any person to a protected
	individual or a member of the family or household; or
	(C)  in any manner with the protected individual
	or a member of the family or household except through the person's
	attorney or a person appointed by the court, if the violation is of
	an order described by this subsection and the order prohibits any
	communication with a protected individual or a member of the family
	or household;
	(3)  goes to or near any of the following places as
	specifically described in the order or condition of bond:
	(A)  the residence or place of employment or
	business of a protected individual or a member of the family or
	household; or
	(B)  any child care facility, residence, or school
	where a child protected by the order or condition of bond normally
	resides or attends;
	(4)  possesses a firearm; [or]
	(5)  harms, threatens, or interferes with the care,
	custody, or control of a pet, companion animal, or assistance
	animal that is possessed by a person protected by the order; or
	(6)  removes or attempts to remove a global positioning
	monitoring system.
	SECTION 2.  Section 25.07(b), Penal Code, is amended by
	adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:
	(2-a)  "Global positioning monitoring system" has the
	meaning assigned by Article 17.49, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
	before that date.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.