{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-122.0022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 122.0022","heading":"CONTEMPT.","body":"In addition to and without limiting any other sanction or remedy available under this chapter or other law, a court may punish by contempt an employer who terminates, threatens to terminate, penalizes, or threatens to penalize an employee because the employee performs jury or grand jury duty.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 356 (H.B. 504), Sec. 3, 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#122.0022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"2716f3c4cbe0403c8b9c792cd179ee7cb3659a54e050eeda7e3e47da685e7afa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-122.0021","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-122.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}