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

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

FULL TEXT:
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, 2021.