CS/CS/SB 682: Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Criminal Justice, Calatayud; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Berman

Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions; Providing enhanced penalties for committing a domestic violence offense if a person has a prior conviction for domestic violence; authorizing, and in certain circumstances requiring, a court to order electronic monitoring in domestic violence cases; revising the information contained in a petition for injunction for protection against domestic violence; increasing the maximum payment amounts for relocation assistance for victims of domestic violence, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/20/2026 04:17 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)

• Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 277 (c1) by Criminal Justice Subcommittee Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions Last Action: 2/16/2026 H Now in Judiciary Committee	Identical
  H 1105 by Booth Interpersonal Violence Injunctions Last Action: 2/5/2026 H Now in Judiciary Committee	Compare
  S 1280 by Calatayud Interpersonal Violence Injunctions Last Action: 1/13/2026 S Introduced	Compare
  S 1644 by McClain Interpersonal Violence Injunctions Last Action: 1/22/2026 S Introduced	Compare

• Citations - Statute (10)

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  741.28	Domestic violence; definitions.	Page 2 (pdf)
  741.2801		Page 3 (pdf)
  741.281	Court to order batterers’ intervention program attendance.	Page 4 (pdf)
  741.30	Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement; public records exemption.	Page 5 (pdf)
  741.31	Violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violence.	Page 12 (pdf)
  784.047	Penalties for violating protective injunction against violators.	Page 13 (pdf)
  921.0024	Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet computations; scoresheets.	Page 14 (pdf)
  943.0584	Criminal history records ineligible for court-ordered expunction or court-ordered sealing.	Page 19 (pdf)
  943.171	Basic skills training in handling domestic violence cases.	Page 20 (pdf)
  960.198	Relocation assistance for victims of domestic violence.	Page 14 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/1/2025	S	• Filed
  12/16/2025	S	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/15/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  1/20/2026	S	• CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  1/22/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  1/29/2026	S	• CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
  2/13/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  2/18/2026	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  2/20/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)