Preliminary protective orders; hearing dates.

Preliminary protective orders; hearing dates.Allows the full hearing resulting from the issuance of a preliminaryprotective order to be heard on the same hearing or trial date asa related criminal offense if such hearing or trial date has alreadybeen set for a date later than 15 days after the issuance of thepreliminary protective order. Current law requires that a full hearingbe held within 15 days of the issuance of a preliminary protective order in every instance. The bill also requires an extended preliminary protective order to specify that the respondent may at any time filea motion requesting an earlier or later hearing date and that theorder shall remain in effect until the hearing. The bill requiresa copy of any motion requesting a hearing to dissolve such orderor requesting an earlier or later hearing date be served by personalservice by the primary law-enforcement agency responsible for serviceand entry of protective orders. The bill contains technical amendments.