By: Moody, et al. H.B. No. 4325 (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa of Hidalgo) (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2025; May 7, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 19, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to civil liability for prohibited barratry. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 82.0651(d), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) A person who prevails in an action under Subsection (c) shall recover from each person who engaged in barratry: (1) a penalty in the amount of $50,000 [$10,000]; (2) actual damages caused by the prohibited conduct; and (3) reasonable and necessary attorney's fees. SECTION 2. Section 82.0651(d), Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An action filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the action was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. * * * * *