---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to crime victims' compensation."
description: "Relating to crime victims' compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3745"
citation: "Texas HB 3745 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Crime Victims Compensation (I0084)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Manuel", "Plesa", "Simmons", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0e2398a-e49f-4d92-bdf5-30d8d4c4a80c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3745.xml"
source_hash: "3b7cd84ef034607afddaa832da6699ed9832735f3c7e0cad2d4d0c54389ae0c7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 3745 (89R) — Relating to crime victims' compensation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03745I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03745E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03745H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03745S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03745F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **123–14** (pass) · lower
- passage — **123–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Manuel — primary (person)
- Plesa — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-21** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0e2398a-e49f-4d92-bdf5-30d8d4c4a80c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).