Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1324 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to make the termination of a permanent employee's employment because of the employee's jury service a Class B misdemeanor and to allow a court to punish by contempt an employer who terminates, penalizes, or threatens to terminate or penalize such an employee or who takes any action with the intent to influence an employee not to perform jury duty. The act increases the amount of damages a person may collect for a wrongful termination from not more than six months' compensation to an amount that is equivalent to not less than one year's compensation nor more than five years' compensation and requires that an action for damages be brought no later than the second anniversary of the date on which the person served as a juror.