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H.B. No. 42 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the definition ofH.B. No. 68 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the definition of
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 71.004, Family Code, is amendedBE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 261.001, Family Code, is amended
SECTION 1. Section 71.004, Family Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 71.004. FAMILY VIOLENCE. "Family violence" means: (1) an act by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household that is intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault or that is a threat that reasonably places the member in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault, but does not include defensive measures to protect oneself; (2) abuse, as that term is defined by Sections 261.001(1)(A)(iii), (v), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), and (xiii) [261.001(1)(C), (E), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), and (M)], by a member of a family o…SECTION 2. Section 71.004, Family Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 71.004. FAMILY VIOLENCE. "Family violence" means: (1) an act by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household that is intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault or that is a threat that reasonably places the member in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault, but does not include defensive measures to protect oneself; (2) abuse, as that term is defined by Sections 261.001(1)(A)(iii), (v), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), and (xiii) [261.001(1)(C), (E), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), and (M)], by a member of a family o…