By: McQueeney H.B. No. 4281       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a civil cause of action for fraudulent crowdfunding.          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 FRAUDULENT CROWDFUNDING           Sec. 100B.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "fraudulent   crowdfunding" means collecting donations on behalf of a donee with   the intent to keep the donations instead of giving the donations to   the donee on whose behalf the donations were made.          Sec. 100B.002.  LIABILITY FOR FRAUDULENT CROWDFUNDING. A   person who engages in fraudulent crowdfunding is liable to the   donee on whose behalf the donations were made.           Sec. 100B.003.  DAMAGES. (a) A court shall award a claimant   who prevails in an action brought under this chapter 125 percent of   the amount of donations the defendant collected on behalf of the   claimant through the fraudulent crowdfunding.           (b)  Nothing in this section prevents a claimant from   pursuing a claim for exemplary damages under Chapter 41 relating to   the defendant's fraudulent crowdfunding.           SECTION 2.  Chapter 100B, 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.