By: Patterson, Thierry, Leach H.B. No. 844       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to crime victims' compensation for criminally injurious   conduct in connection with trafficking of persons.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 56B, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 56B.0035 to read as   follows:          Art. 56B.0035.  CRIMINALLY INJURIOUS CONDUCT. (a) For   purposes of this chapter, criminally injurious conduct includes the   solicitation or patronization of forced labor or services,   including sexual conduct, by any person if the solicitation or   patronization occurs in connection with a scheme or course of   conduct that constitutes the trafficking of persons.          (b)  A victim of criminally injurious conduct described by   Subsection (a) is a trafficking victim for the purposes of grant   programs administered by the office of the governor.           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.