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