HB 3744

bill tweaks who counts as an intervenor for victim compensation

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

A bystander hurt stopping “a criminal offense” counts now.

The bill changes one word-level piece of the definition of "intervenor" in the state's crime victims' compensation law, so a bystander who is hurt or killed trying to stop "a criminal offense" counts, instead of one trying to stop "criminally injurious conduct." It touches Good Samaritans who step in to help someone, along with the compensation program that decides whether they can get paid. On the ground, eligibility for intervenors is tied to any criminal offense rather than the narrower injurious-conduct term, and the change applies only to actions taken on or after September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Criminal Jurisprudence committee 9-0 on May 6, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 14, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3744 · 2025-03-04

SOLD BY

Rep. Christian ManuelDHouse 22

ITEM

relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

WHAT IT DOES

A bystander hurt stopping “a criminal offense” counts now.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 28, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Mar 4, 2025Filed
Mar 26, 2025Read first time
Mar 26, 2025Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Apr 29, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 29, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 29, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 29, 2025Left pending in committee
May 6, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 6, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 10, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 10, 2025Committee report distributed
May 10, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 12, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 14, 2025Placed on General State Calendar

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Christian Manuel

Donors

ENPAC Texas$5K Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$5K Texas Sands PAC$4K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 23, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

ENPAC Texas$5,000.00

ENPAC Texas

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 27 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 26, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 10, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033978.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$5,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 7, 2025 to Oct 1, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033978.

Texas Sands PAC$4,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on May 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101061945.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

ENPAC Texas

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 27 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 26, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 10, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033978.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 7, 2025 to Oct 1, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033978.

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on May 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101061945.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses4

For: 2
Against: 0
On: 2

Names

For

Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)1 registration
Self1 registration

On

Office of the Attorney General2 registrations

Sources

4 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 28, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 4, 2025

05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Committee vote 9 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Crime Prevention

Crime Victims Compensation

Criminal Procedure--General

CRIME VICTIMS

Text

The text as introduced · 181 words

89R15354 AJZ-F

By: Manuel
H.B. No. 3744

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, 2025.