Amend CSHB 587 on page 2, as follow: (1) On line 9, between "PREJUDICE." and "In", insert "(a)". (2) Between lines 23 and 24, insert the following: (b) Evidence of an act, the exercise of which is protected by the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution or by the Texas Constitution, is not admissible for the purpose of proving that an offense was committed because of bias or prejudice, unless the evidence is otherwise admissible in the guilt or innocence phase of the trial under the Texas Rules of Evidence.