88R7989 AMF-D     By: Manuel, Thierry, Rose, Ordaz H.B. No. 2093       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the minimum duration of a protective order.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 7B.007(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (a)  A protective order issued under Article 7B.003 may be   effective for the duration of the lives of the offender and victim   or for a [any shorter] period of not less than one year stated in the   order. If a period is not stated in the order, the order is   effective until the second anniversary of the date the order was   issued.          SECTION 2.  Section 85.025(a), Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, an order   under this subtitle is effective:                (1)  for a [the] period of not less than one year and   not more than two years stated in the order [, not to exceed two   years]; or                (2)  if a period is not stated in the order, until the   second anniversary of the date the order was issued.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a protective order rendered on or after the effective date of   this Act. A protective order rendered before the effective date of   this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was   rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.