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TX SB1896
Bill
Status
6/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joan Huffman
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AI Summary
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Requires arresting officers or persons having custody to provide magistrates with information about arrested persons necessary for issuing emergency protection orders for certain offenses (those covered under Article 17.292(a), typically family violence and related crimes)
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Mandates that complaints filed for qualifying offenses include information necessary for emergency protection order issuance, though failure to include this information does not invalidate the complaint
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Requires law enforcement to provide available victim information to magistrates to assist in issuing emergency protection orders, using forms adopted by the Office of Court Administration when applicable
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Specifies that failure to provide required information does not negate a magistrate's authority or duty to issue an emergency protection order
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Takes effect September 1, 2025, and applies only to persons arrested on or after that date; passed Senate 30-1 on April 24, 2025, and House 140-0 on May 28, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection.
Family
Last Action
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025