88R13263 JSC-D     By: Thierry H.B. No. 2869       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the duration of certain protective orders.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 7B.007, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:          (a-2)  The court may issue a protective order effective for   the duration of the lives of the offender and victim if the offender   is not otherwise described by Subsection (a-1) and the victim   requests the issuance of the order.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 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 was   issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.