{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-122.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 122.001","heading":"PROTECTION OF JURORS' EMPLOYMENT; JUROR'S RIGHT TO REEMPLOYMENT; NOTICE OF INTENT TO RETURN.","body":"Text of section as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 234 (S.B. 370), Sec. 1\nFor text of section as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 356 (H.B. 504), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 122.001.\n(a) An employer may not discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate, or coerce any permanent employee because the employee serves as a juror, or for the employee's attendance or scheduled attendance in connection with the service, in any court in the United States.\n(b) An employee who is discharged, threatened with discharge, intimidated, or coerced in violation of this section is entitled to return to the same employment that the employee held when summoned for jury service if the employee, as soon as practical after release from jury service, gives the employer actual notice that the employee intends to return.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 234 (S.B. 370), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 122. JUROR'S RIGHT TO REEMPLOYMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.122.htm#122.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"37b3d483190dce8932acd20e07f17dac88b3bd651b42dd7491f00afd84d3fae3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-121.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-122.001-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}