As the link roundup at the Torts Prof blog demonstrates, the Texas House passed a bill that is being called "loser pays." I haven't seen the latest text of HB 274, but if it's anything like an earlier version on the web, "loser pays" is a generous description: all that version of the bill did was to expand the equivalent of Rule 11 to permit discretionary awards of fees where a motion to dismiss has been granted. If that's what is in the final bill, it's a long way from loser pays.