Amend HB 587 as follows:
In SECTION 1.02 of the bill, add "(c) The following shall
not be used as evidence against the defendant in a determination
made under this article by the judge or the jury, whichever is the
trier of fact:
(1) the mere attendance by the defendant at a
political or religious event; or
(2) the possession or the reading by the defendant of
the written word expressing abstract ideas, political thought or
religious thought." (Committee printing page 1, line 57).