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HB3745 • 2025
Relating to crime victims' compensation.
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Relating to crime victims' compensation.
Signed by the Governor
Effective on 9/1/25
Sent to the Governor
Signed in the House
Signed in the Senate
Reported enrolled
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
Laid before the Senate
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
Vote recorded in Journal
Three day rule suspended
Record vote
Read 3rd time
Passed
Record vote
Senate passage reported
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Considered in public hearing
Testimony taken in committee
Vote taken in committee
Reported favorably w/o amendments
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Committee report printed and distributed
Read first time
Referred to Finance
Received from the House
Read 3rd time
Passed
Record vote. RV#1838
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Reported engrossed
Placed on General State Calendar
Read 2nd time
Passed to engrossment
Record vote. RV#1736
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Considered in Calendars
Committee report sent to Calendars
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Committee report distributed
Considered in formal meeting
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Considered in public hearing
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Left pending in committee
Read first time
Referred to Appropriations
Filed
Relating to crime victims' compensation.
89(R) HB 3745 - Enrolled version - Bill Text H.B. No. 3745 AN ACT relating to crime victims' compensation. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 56B.102, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (a) The [ Before acting on an application for compensation under this chapter, the ] attorney general may make an emergency award for anticipated pecuniary losses if it appears likely that: (1) a final award will be made; and (2) the claimant or victim will suffer undue hardship if immediate economic relief is not obtained. (d) The limitations on emergency awards described by Subsections (a)(1) and (c) do not apply to an application for compensation under this chapter: (1) made by a claimant in relation to a deceased victim; and (2) arising from criminally injurious conduct that resulted in a proclaimed state of emergency under Section 433.001, Government Code. SECTION 2. Article 56B.102, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, applies only to compensation for criminally injurious conduct occurring on or after the effective date of this Act. Compensation for criminally injurious conduct occurring before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, criminally injurious conduct occurred before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense underlying the conduct occurred before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3745 was passed by the House on May 8, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 22, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3745 was passed by the Senate on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor