HB 1110

bill shields good-faith suspicious activity reporters from suits

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 22, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting suspicious activity in good faith.

Caption from analyzed text · version H.

Summary

Only if they acted as a reasonable person would.

The bill blocks civil lawsuits against a person who reports someone else's suspicious activity to the proper law enforcement authority. It covers anyone who makes such a report, but only if they acted as a reasonable person would and reasonably believed the activity was, or helped further, a crime such as terrorism. Starting September 1, 2025, a person sued over a qualifying report made after that date can have the suit barred, while unreasonable or bad-faith reports stay open to suit.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 603 (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 603 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence committee 9-1 on Mar 26, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1110 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Matt ShaheenRHouse 66

ITEM

relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting suspicious activity in good faith.

WHAT IT DOES

Only if they acted as a reasonable person would.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 17, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Nov 12, 2024Filed
Mar 7, 2025Read first time
Mar 7, 2025Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Mar 19, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 19, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 19, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Mar 19, 2025Left pending in committee
Mar 26, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 26, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 9, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 9, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 10, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 5, 2025Considered in Calendars

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Matt Shaheen

Donors

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$402K Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100K Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$86K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 30, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$401,656.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$401,656.00

Cash: $60,000.00
Paid by others: $341,656.00
Total: $401,656.00

canvassing $317,206.00polling $24,450.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC$100,000.00

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$85,700.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$85,700.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $35,700.00
Total: $85,700.00

advertising $20,000.00polling $15,700.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 11, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101028938, 101069212, 101071870.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$401,656.00

Cash: $60,000.00
Paid by others: $341,656.00
Total: $401,656.00

canvassing $317,206.00polling $24,450.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

Court Reform Action for Families Texas PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069212, 101071870.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$85,700.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $35,700.00
Total: $85,700.00

advertising $20,000.00polling $15,700.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 11, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101028938, 101069212, 101071870.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses2

For: 1
Against: 1
On: 0

Names

For

Self; True tx project1 registration

Against

Self1 registration

Sources

2 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 17, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 603

by Rep. Shaheen, same lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, May 11, 2023: Referred to State Affairs

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

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

05/05/2025 H Considered in Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Committee vote 9 aye, 1 nay · Out of committee

Subjects

Civil Remedies & Liabilities

Crimes--Miscellaneous

Text

The text as introduced · 186 words

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.