Monitoring the SessionHB 270
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to civil liability for discriminatory false reports to law enforcement agencies or emergency service providers.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
A win pays up to $250, plus attorney’s fees and costs.
The bill lets a person sue someone who filed a false report about them with police or emergency services, if the report was made out of bias against their race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or similar traits. It touches anyone who makes a report to law enforcement or emergency responders, and anyone falsely reported for one of those reasons. A winning plaintiff can collect up to $250 plus attorney's fees and costs, for claims that arise on or after September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 689 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 689 (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.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB270 · 2024-11-12
relating to civil liability for discriminatory false reports to law enforcement agencies or emergency service providers.
A win pays up to $250, plus attorney’s fees and costs.
The bill lets a person sue someone who filed a false report about them with police or emergency services, if the report was made out of bias against their race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or similar traits. It touches anyone who makes a report to law enforcement or emergency responders, and anyone falsely reported for one of those reasons. A winning plaintiff can collect up to $250 plus attorney's fees and costs, for claims that arise on or after September 1, 2025.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
…“the person may recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the action”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill creates a new private lawsuit over bias-motivated false reports to police, with fee-shifting that makes these suits easier to bring.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.
$85,000.00
Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 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: 101056369, 101068193.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$85,000.00
Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 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: 101056369, 101068193.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Rosenthal, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 15, 2023: Left pending in committee
Relating to civil liability for discriminatory false reports to law enforcement agencies or emergency service providers.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
02/27/2025 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Final status: Died in committee
Civil Remedies & Liabilities
Health--Emergency Services & Personnel
Law Enforcement
DISCRIMINATION
The text as introduced · 228 words
89R474 SCL-D By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 270 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to civil liability for discriminatory false reports to law enforcement agencies or emergency service providers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is amended by adding Chapter 100B to read as follows: CHAPTER 100B. LIABILITY FOR DISCRIMINATION Sec. 100B.001. LIABILITY FOR DISCRIMINATORY FALSE REPORTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS. (a) A person who submits a false report to a law enforcement agency or emergency service provider, with the intent that the law enforcement agency or emergency service provider take action against a falsely accused person, is liable to the falsely accused person for an amount not to exceed $250 if the report was submitted due to bias or prejudice against the falsely accused person's race, color, disability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. (b) If a falsely accused person prevails in an action brought under Subsection (a), the person may recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the action. SECTION 2. Section 100B.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.