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Bill To Allow Inclusion Of Pets In Protective Orders Before House Committee Today

Written by Michael Moseley. Posted in 81st Texas Legislature

Bill To Allow Inclusion Of Pets In Protective Orders Before House Committee Today

Published on March 16, 2009 with No Comments

A bill that would allow bets and other companion animals to be included in protective orders will be considered by the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence today at 2 p.m. or when the House adjourns for the day.

The bill, HB 853 by State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Wylie) would prevent persons subject to a protective order from removing a pet, companion animal, or assistance animal from the person named in the order.

It would also prevent persons subject to a protective order from harming, threatening, or interfering with the care, custody, or control of a pet, companion animal, ore assistance animal that is owned or possessed by a person protected by a protective order.

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