88R6440 CJD-D     By: Campos 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" has the meaning assigned by   Section 71.004 [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.