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H.B. No. 4281 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 or the donee's estate. Sec. 100B.003. DAMAGES. (a) A court shall award a donee or donee's estate who prevails in an action brought under this chapter: (1) 125 percent of the amount of donations the defendant collected on behalf of the donee through the fraudulent crowdfunding; and (2) reasonable and necessary attorney's fees. (b) Nothing in this section prevents the donee or the donee's estate from pursuing a claim for exemplary damages under Chapter 41 for 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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 4281 was passed by the House on May 14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 4281 was passed by the Senate on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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