Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; punishes a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

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The bill makes it a criminal offense to knowingly breach a no‑contact order issued because a defendant is accused of domestic abuse. The violation is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, whether the order was set before release on bond or as part of sentencing, probation, or parole. It applies to any crime listed in the domestic‑abuse chapter where the alleged victim meets the statutory definition.

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