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.  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 six months 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 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.