H.B. No. 1495
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the rendition of certain temporary orders during the
  pendency of a suit for modification of an order that provides for
  the conservatorship, support, or possession of or access to a
  child.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 156.006(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  While a suit for modification is pending, the court may
  not render a temporary order that has the effect of creating a
  designation, or changing the designation, of the person who has the
  exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child, or
  the effect of creating a geographic area, or changing or
  eliminating the geographic area, within which a conservator must
  maintain the child's primary residence, under the final order
  unless the temporary order is in the best interest of the child and:
               (1)  the order is necessary because the child's present
  circumstances would significantly impair the child's physical
  health or emotional development;
               (2)  the person designated in the final order has
  voluntarily relinquished the primary care and possession of the
  child for more than six months; or
               (3)  the child is 12 years of age or older and has
  expressed to the court in chambers as provided by Section 153.009
  the name of the person who is the child's preference to have the
  exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a suit for modification pending before a trial court on or filed
  on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1495 was passed by the House on April
  13, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1495 was passed by the Senate on May
  11, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor