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| 1 | 1 | 87R164 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Shaheen H.B. No. 459 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting | |
| 8 | 8 | suspicious activity in good faith. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Title 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Chapter 128A to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | CHAPTER 128A. LIMITATION ON SUITS AGAINST CERTAIN PERSONS | |
| 13 | 13 | REPORTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 128A.001. LIMITATION ON CIVIL ACTION. A civil action | |
| 15 | 15 | related to a report of suspicious activity of another person to an | |
| 16 | 16 | appropriate law enforcement authority may not be brought against | |
| 17 | 17 | the person who made the report if the person acted: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) as a reasonable person would in the same or similar | |
| 19 | 19 | circumstances; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) with a reasonable belief that the suspicious | |
| 21 | 21 | activity constituted or was in furtherance of a crime, including an | |
| 22 | 22 | act of terrorism. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. Section 128A.001, Civil Practice and Remedies | |
| 24 | 24 | Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that | |
| 25 | 25 | accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |