---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect."
description: "Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2196"
citation: "Texas SB 2196 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Johnson", "Jones, Jolanda", "Manuel", "Virdell", "Ward Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40e923f1-fc95-490d-800a-2efa0d4f423c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2196.xml"
source_hash: "a734bbe1da1f62191873d8d95986289a20d5160b866aa5cbdbede18690e285a7"
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 2196 (89R) — Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB02196I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02196E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02196H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02196S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02196F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **125–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bumgarner — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)
- Manuel — primary (person)
- Virdell — primary (person)
- Ward Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40e923f1-fc95-490d-800a-2efa0d4f423c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).