85R11477 SCL-D     By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1789       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 made the report in good   faith with a reasonable belief that the suspicious activity   constitutes or is 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, 2017.