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HB3744 • 2025

Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

Crime
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Manuel
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  3. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  4. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  5. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  6. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

  14. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3744 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R15354 AJZ-F

By: Manuel

H.B. No. 3744

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime

victims' compensation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 56B.003(9), Code of Criminal Procedure,

is amended to read as follows:

(9) "Intervenor" means an individual who goes to the

aid of another and is killed or injured in a good faith effort to:

(A) prevent
a criminal offense
[
criminally

injurious conduct
];

(B) apprehend a person reasonably suspected of

having engaged in criminally injurious conduct; or

(C) aid a peace officer.

SECTION 2. Article 56B.003(9), Code of Criminal Procedure,

as amended by this Act, applies only to an action taken by an

intervenor on or after the effective date of this Act. An action

taken by an intervenor before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the action was taken, and

the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.