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.