{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-27.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 27.002","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to encourage and safeguard the constitutional rights of persons to petition, speak freely, associate freely, and otherwise participate in government to the maximum extent permitted by law and, at the same time, protect the rights of a person to file meritorious lawsuits for demonstrable injury.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 341 (H.B. 2973), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 27. ACTIONS INVOLVING THE EXERCISE OF CERTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.27.htm#27.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"1401308c7451b0c4374c86278bb2455492ee2709cf756f8052dccdeee6572b01","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-27.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-27.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}