House Bill 844
House Author: Patterson et al.
Effective: 9-1-23
Senate Sponsor: Paxton et al.
House Bill 844 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to establish that for purposes of the Crime Victims' Compensation Act, criminally injurious conduct includes the solicitation or patronization of forced labor or services, including sexual conduct, that occurs in connection with a scheme or course of conduct that constitutes the trafficking of persons. Additionally, the bill establishes that a victim of such criminally injurious conduct is a trafficking victim for purposes of grant programs administered by the office of the governor.