Compare TX HB 181 (2021) and TX SB 28 (2021)

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TX HB 181 (2021)TX SB 28 (2021)
B. No. 181 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the definition of abuse of a child. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 261.001, Family CodeB. No. 28 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the definition of abuse of a child. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 261.001, Family Code
to read as follows: (1) "Abuse": (A) includes the following acts or omissions by a person: (i) [(A)] mental or emotional injury to a child that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; (ii) [(B)] causing or permitting the child to be in a situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; (iii) [(C)] physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at variance with th…to read as follows: (1) "Abuse": (A) includes the following acts or omissions by a person: (i) [(A)] mental or emotional injury to a child that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; (ii) [(B)] causing or permitting the child to be in a situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; (iii) [(C)] physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at variance with th…
this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative sessionThis Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session