Bill Text: TX SB53 | 2027-2028 | 90th Legislature Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-11-09 - Filed [SB53 Detail]

Download: Texas-2027-SB53-Introduced.html

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90R1165 AJZ-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 53

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime
victims' compensation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 56B.003(9), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(9) "Intervenor" means an individual who goes to the
aid of another and is killed or injured in a good faith effort to:
(A) prevent a criminal offense [criminally
injurious conduct];
(B) apprehend a person reasonably suspected of
having engaged in criminally injurious conduct; or
(C) aid a peace officer.
SECTION 2. Article 56B.003(9), Code of Criminal Procedure,
as amended by this Act, applies only to an action taken by an
intervenor on or after the effective date of this Act. An action
taken by an intervenor before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the action was taken, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.