Compare TX HB 42 (2023) and TX HB 89 (2021)
The introduced text of these two bills, side by side, with the wording they share.
- TX HB 42 (2023) · Texas · 2023 · Failed
- TX HB 89 (2021) · Texas · 2021 · Failed
144 shared 8-word phrases found in the introduced text of these two bills.
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| TX HB 42 (2023) | TX HB 89 (2021) |
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| By: Slaton H.B. No. 42 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the definition of | By: Slaton H.B. No. 89 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 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 261.001(1), Family Code |
| 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 3. 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… |