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  89R5811 AMF-D     By: Moody H.B. No. 1863       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the duration of a protective order against family   violence.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 85.025(a-1), Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a-1)  The court may render a protective order applying only   to a person found to have committed family violence sufficient to   protect the applicant and members of the applicant's family or   household that is effective for a period that exceeds two years and   may be for the lives of the persons protected by the protective   order and the person who is the subject of the protective order [ if   the court finds that the person who is the subject of the protective   order:                [ (1)     committed an act constituting a felony offense   involving family violence against the applicant or a member of the   applicant's family or household, regardless of whether the person   has been charged with or convicted of the offense;                [ (2)     caused serious bodily injury to the applicant or   a member of the applicant's family or household; or                [ (3)     was the subject of two or more previous   protective orders rendered:                      [ (A)     to protect the person on whose behalf the   current protective order is sought; and                      [ (B)     after a finding by the court that the   subject of the protective order has committed family violence ].          SECTION 2.  Section 85.001(d), Family Code, is repealed.          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 is   rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.