Amends GS 50B-2 concerning an emergency ex parte domestic violence protective order issued by a magistrate, to no longer require the order to expire and the magistrate to schedule an ex parte hearing before a district court judge by the end of the next day on which the district court is in session in the county where the action was filed. Requires the order to be entered and scheduled for hearing before a district court judge as already required under the statute. Applies to ex parte orders entered on or after October 1, 2023.