By: Campos, Garcia, Jones of Harris, Howard H.B. No. 1429     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the definitions of family violence and household member   for purposes of crime victims' compensation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Articles 56B.003(6) and (7), Code of Criminal   Procedure, are amended to read as follows:                (6)  "Family violence" means:                      (A)  an act by a member of a family or household   against another member of the family or household that is intended   to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual   assault or that is a threat that reasonably places the member in   fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual   assault, but does not include defensive measures to protect   oneself;                      (B)  abuse, as that term is defined by Sections   261.001(1)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), and (M),   Family Code, by a member of a family or household toward a child of   the family or household; or                      (C)  dating violence, as that term is defined by   Section 71.0021 [has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004(1)],   Family Code.                (7)  "Household member" means an individual who[:                      [(A)  is related by consanguinity or affinity to   the victim; and                      [(B)]  resided in the same permanent household as   the victim at the time that the criminally injurious conduct   occurred.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made 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, 2023.