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HB4325 • 2025

Relating to civil liability for prohibited barratry.

Relating to civil liability for prohibited barratry.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Moody | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
Last action
2025-06-22
Official status
06/22/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-22

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to civil liability for prohibited barratry.

Relating to civil liability for prohibited barratry.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to civil liability for prohibited barratry.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed without the Governor's signature

  2. 2025-06-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  7. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  8. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  9. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  11. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  13. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  14. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  16. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  17. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  19. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  23. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  24. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Jurisprudence

  26. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  27. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  28. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1466

  29. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  31. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  32. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  33. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  34. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  35. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  36. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  37. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  38. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  39. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  40. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  41. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  42. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  44. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  45. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  46. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  47. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

  48. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to civil liability for prohibited barratry.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4325 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 4325

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.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4325 was passed by the House on May 6,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4325 was passed by the Senate on May

20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor