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  89R6144 SCL-D     By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 1645       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a private civil cause of action against local entities   and campus police departments that violate certain laws related to   immigration enforcement.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 752, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 752.058 to read as follows:           Sec.   752.058.     PRIVATE CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION. (a)   A person   injured as a result of a crime committed by a person unlawfully   present in the United States or the personal representative of a   person killed as a result of a crime committed by a person   unlawfully present in the United States may bring a civil action   against a local entity or campus police department and may recover   from the local entity or campus police department damages arising   from the personal injury or death on proving:                 (1)     the existence of a policy by the local entity or   campus police department in violation of Section 752.053; and                 (2)     a failure by the local entity or campus police   department to comply with this subchapter that resulted in the   unlawfully present person having access to the person injured or   killed when the crime occurred.           (b)     Sovereign immunity of this state and governmental   immunity of a local entity to suit and from liability is waived to   the extent of liability created by this section.           (c)     The court in an action brought under this section may   award reasonable costs and attorney's fees to the prevailing party.          SECTION 2.  Section 752.058, Government 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.