Relating to military interpersonal violence

The bill title was changed from a generic committee amendment to a specific 'Engineered Committee Substitute' with a detailed description of the bill's purpose regarding military interpersonal violence.

Detailed statutory definitions for 'Protective order' and 'Military protective order' found in Chapter 48 were removed.

Definitions for 'Military Protective Order' and related terms within Chapter 53 (Personal Safety Orders) were removed.

Specific procedural requirements for emergency protective orders, including hearing timelines, service of notice, and evidence standards, were removed.

Provisions detailing how law enforcement must enforce foreign and military protective orders, including specific notification duties to the FBI database, were removed.

Updated the definition of 'military protective order' to remove a specific federal statute citation, ensuring the definition remains current and applicable to all relevant military and National Guard forces.

Clarified the criteria for using a military protective order as evidence in court, specifying that the order must be active and issued because the petitioner was a victim of domestic abuse.

Streamlined references to other code sections throughout the bill by removing redundant 'section four of this article' phrasing.

Added specific requirements for law enforcement officers to notify the agency that entered a military protective order into the FBI database when arresting a service member for violating that order.

Simplified the list of sexual offenses in the code by removing repetitive section numbers and formatting, while retaining the same substantive list of crimes.

Changed the term 'Military protective order' to 'Military protection order' and updated the definition to explicitly cite the federal statute (10 U.S.C. § 1567) that authorizes these orders.

Modified the criteria for using a military order as evidence in court, shifting from requiring the order to be issued because the petitioner was a 'reported victim' to allowing it if the person was a 'reported victim of an offense of domestic abuse'.

Added a new requirement for law enforcement officers to notify the agency that registered a military protection order in the FBI database if they have probable cause to believe an arrestee violated that order.

Updated the text of the bill to reflect that it originated in the Judiciary Committee rather than the Enrolled Committee, and corrected formatting in the definitions section.

The bill status changed from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled', setting the effective date as 90 days from passage (June 12, 2026).

The definition of 'military protective order' was simplified by removing the specific citation to 10 U.S.C. § 1567, focusing instead on the issuing authority.

The list of sexual offenses in the definitions section was updated to use abbreviated section citations instead of full text references.

Criteria for using a military protective order as evidence in emergency hearings were clarified to require the order to be in effect and issued specifically because the petitioner was a victim of domestic abuse.

The definition of 'Military protection order' was updated to specify that the armed forces are now referred to in lowercase ('armed forces') instead of uppercase.

The criteria for using a military protection order as evidence for an emergency protective order were changed; it must now be 'still in effect and has not been terminated' to qualify.

The obligation for law enforcement to notify agencies about military order violations was adjusted from requiring 'probable cause to believe the service member has violated' the order to 'probable cause to believe the service member may have violated' the order.

Minor formatting changes were made, including updating the session header to 'ENGROSSED' and changing em-dashes to en-dashes in several sections.