---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance and effectiveness of protective orders, magistrate's orders for emergency protection, and temporary ex parte orders."
description: "Relating to the issuance and effectiveness of protective orders, magistrate's orders for emergency protection, and temporary ex parte orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "Texas SB 48 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "MAGISTRATES (S1592)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e9a1867-3299-4a13-85a8-695487df7878"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 48.xml"
source_hash: "979b641efba6a30eab5e54bc1c9526cffb45f09bc78821af97898432e2ac3c18"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 48 (88) — Relating to the issuance and effectiveness of protective orders, magistrate's orders for emergency protection, and temporary ex parte orders.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00048I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00048E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00048H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00048S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00048F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-11-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-29** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-03-30** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-26** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-22** Read
- **2023-05-22** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e9a1867-3299-4a13-85a8-695487df7878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).