85R11477 SCL-D
By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1789
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting
suspicious activity in good faith.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 128A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 128A. LIMITATION ON SUITS AGAINST CERTAIN PERSONS
REPORTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
Sec. 128A.001. LIMITATION ON CIVIL ACTION. A civil action
related to a report of suspicious activity of another person to an
appropriate law enforcement authority may not be brought against
the person who made the report if the person made the report in good
faith with a reasonable belief that the suspicious activity
constitutes or is in furtherance of a crime, including an act of
terrorism.
SECTION 2. Section 128A.001, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that
accrues on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.