Compare TX HB 22 (2021) and TX SB 39 (2021)

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TX HB 22 (2021)TX SB 39 (2021)
B. No. 22 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(1), Family Code, as amended by H.B. No. 375 and H.B. No. 1540, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, as effective September 1, 2021, is reenacted and amended 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 men…B. No. 39 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(1), Family Code, as amended by H.B. No. 375 and H.B. No. 1540, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, as effective September 1, 2021, is reenacted and amended 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 men…