By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 257     (Dale)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to judicial review of protective orders and the duration   of those orders.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 85.025, Family Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and   (b-3) to read as follows:          (b)  A person who is the subject of a protective order may   file a motion not earlier than the first anniversary of the date on   which the order was rendered requesting that the court review the   protective order and determine whether there is a continuing need   for the order.          (b-1)  Following the filing of a motion under Subsection (b),   a [A] person who is the subject of a protective order issued under   Subsection (a-1) that is effective for a period that exceeds two   years may file not more than one [a] subsequent motion requesting   that the court review the protective order and determine whether   there is a continuing need for the order. The subsequent motion may   not be filed earlier than the first anniversary of the date on which   the court rendered an order on the [a] previous motion by the person   [under this subsection].          (b-2)  After a hearing on a [the] motion under Subsection (b)   or (b-1), if the court does not make a finding that there is no   continuing need for the protective order, the protective order   remains in effect until the date the order expires under this   section. Evidence of the movant's compliance with the protective   order does not by itself support a finding by the court that there   is no continuing need for the protective order.  If the court finds   there is no continuing need for the protective order, the court   shall order that the protective order expires on a date set by the   court.          (b-3)  Subsection (b) does not apply to a protective order   issued under Chapter 7A, Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 2.  Article 7A.07(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is   repealed.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a protective order issued on or after the effective date of this   Act. A protective order issued before the effective date of this   Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the order is issued,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.