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  89R3193 SCL-D     By: Shaheen H.B. No. 1110       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, 2025.