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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 5012 Law-enforcement officers; certain civil actions.
Introduced by: Les R. Adams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Law-enforcement officers; certain civil actions. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may bring an action against any person, group of persons, organization, or corporation, or the head of such organization or corporation, to recover damages, together with reasonable costs and attorney fees, (i) sustained by such officer during such officer's performance of official duties; (ii) for the abridgment or deprivation of such officer's rights arising out of such officer's performance of official duties; and (iii) sustained by such officer when such person, group, organization, corporation, or the head of such organization or corporation, submits a knowingly false complaint regarding the conduct of such officer.
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HISTORY
- 08/14/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200636D
- 08/14/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 08/26/20 House: Tabled in Courts of Justice (13-Y 8-N)