By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1559     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the transfer of a protective order.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 85.064(a) and (b), Family Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  If a protective order was rendered before the filing of   a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the   parent-child relationship or while the suit is pending as provided   by Section 85.062, the court that rendered the order shall [may], on   the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, transfer the   protective order to the court having jurisdiction of the suit [if   the court makes the finding prescribed by Subsection (c)].          (b)  If a protective order that affects a party's right to   possession of or access to a child is rendered after the date a   final order was rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child   relationship, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion,   the court shall [may] transfer the protective order to the court of   continuing, exclusive jurisdiction [if the court makes the finding   prescribed by Subsection (c)].          SECTION 2.  Section 85.064(c), Family Code, is repealed.          SECTION 3.  Section 85.064, Family Code, as amended by this   Act, applies only to a motion to transfer a protective order that is   made on or after the effective date of this Act. A motion made   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the motion was made, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.