S.B. No. 112

	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a magistrate to prohibit certain
	communications in an order for emergency protection; amending
	provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 17.292(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The magistrate in the order for emergency protection may
	prohibit the arrested party from:
	(1)  committing:
	(A)  family violence or an assault on the person
	protected under the order; or
	(B)  an act in furtherance of an offense under
	Section 42.072, Penal Code;
	(2)  communicating:
	(A)  directly with a member of the family or
	household or with the person protected under the order in a
	threatening or harassing manner; [or]
	(B)  a threat through any person to a member of the
	family or household or to the person protected under the order; or
	(C)  if the magistrate finds good cause, in any
	manner with a person protected under the order or a member of the
	family or household of a person protected under the order, except
	through the party's attorney or a person appointed by the court;
	(3)  going to or near:
	(A)  the residence, place of employment, or
	business of a member of the family or household or of the person
	protected under the order; or
	(B)  the residence, child care facility, or school
	where a child protected under the order resides or attends; or
	(4)  possessing a firearm, unless the person is a peace
	officer, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, actively engaged
	in employment as a sworn, full-time paid employee of a state agency
	or political subdivision.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 112 passed the Senate on
	April 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 13, 2015, by the
	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 112 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 5, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
	Nays 0, two present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor