Bill Text: TX HB603 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting suspicious activity in good faith.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Referred to State Affairs [HB603 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB603-Introduced.html

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88R1883 SCL-D
By: Shaheen H.B. No. 603

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 acted:
(1) as a reasonable person would in the same or similar
circumstances; and
(2) with a reasonable belief that the suspicious
activity constituted or was 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, 2023.