86R1600 SCL-D
 
  By: Shaheen H.B. No. 439
 
 
 
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, 2019.