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Amend HB 261 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1, lines 23-34) and 
substitute the following:
	SECTION 3.  The heading to Section 153.432, Family Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 153.432.  SUIT FOR ACCESS BY GRANDPARENT.                          
	(2)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Section 153.433, 
Family Code (page 1, line 37), strike "POSSESSION OF OR [AND] ACCESS 
TO GRANDCHILD" and substitute "[POSSESSION OF AND] ACCESS TO 
GRANDCHILD".
	(3)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Section 153.433, 
Family Code (page 1, lines 38, 43, 46, 50-51, and 59), strike 
"possession of or" each place that phrase appears.
	(4)  Strike SECTION 5 of the bill (page 2, lines 10-13) and 
substitute the following:
	SECTION 5.  Section 153.434, Family Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	Sec. 153.434.  LIMITATION ON RIGHT TO REQUEST ACCESS. A 
biological or adoptive grandparent may not request [possession of 
or] access to a grandchild if:
		(1)  each of the biological parents of the grandchild 
has:                  
			(A)  died;                                                                   
			(B)  had the person's parental rights terminated; 
or                       
			(C)  executed an affidavit of waiver of interest 
in child or an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights under 
Chapter 161 and the affidavit designates an authorized agency, 
licensed child-placing agency, or person other than the child's 
stepparent as the managing conservator of the child; and
		(2)  the grandchild has been adopted, or is the subject 
of a pending suit for adoption, by a person other than the child's 
stepparent.
	(5)  In SECTION 7 of the bill (page 2, line 20), strike 
"153.432 and 153.433" and substitute "153.432, 153.433, and 
153.434".