Amend HB 587 in ARTICLE 1 of the bill, by adding an
appropriately numbered SECTION to read as follows and by
renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
      SECTION 1._____.  Section 19.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      (a)  A person commits an offense if he commits murder as
defined under Section 19.02(b)(1) and:
            (1)  the person murders a peace officer or fireman who
is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty and who the
person knows is a peace officer or fireman;
            (2)  the person intentionally commits the murder in the
course of commiting or attempting to commit kidnapping, burglary,
robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson, or obstruction or
retaliation;
            (3)  the person commits the murder for remuneration or
the promise of remuneration or employs another to commit the murder
for remuneration or the promise of remuneration;
            (4)  the person commits the murder while escaping or
attempting to escape from a penal institution;
            (5)  the person, while incarcerated in a penal
institution, murders another:
                  (A)  who is employed in the operation of the
penal institution; or
                  (B)  with the intent to establish, maintain, or
participate in a combination or in the profits of a combination;
            (6)  the person:
                  (A)  while incarcerated for an offense under this
section or Section 19.02, murders another; or
                  (B)  while serving a sentence of life
imprisonment or a term of 99 years for an offense under Section
20.04, 22.021, or 29.03, murders another;
            (7)  the person murders more than one person:
                  (A)  during the same criminal transaction; or
                  (B)  during different criminal transactions but
the murders are committed pursuant to the same scheme or course of
conduct; <or>
            (8)  the person murders an individual under six years
of age; or
            (9)  an affirmative finding under Article 42.014, Code
of Criminal Procedure, is entered in the judgment in the case.
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