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Amend CSSB 2505 (Senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill in added Section 768.002, Health and Safety Code, by striking the heading and Subsections (a) and (b) (page 1, lines 42-54) and substituting the following:

Sec. 768.002. PROTECTIVE GEAR REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN ENGAGING IN CERTAIN RODEO ACTIVITIES. (a) A child may not engage in, and a parent or legal guardian of the child may not knowingly or recklessly permit the child to engage in, a rodeo activity described by Section 768.001(6)(A) or (D), including engaging in that activity outside a rodeo for the purpose of practicing that activity, unless the child is wearing a rodeo helmet.

(b) A child may not engage in, and a parent or legal guardian of the child may not knowingly or recklessly permit the child to engage in, bull riding, including engaging in bull riding outside a rodeo for the purpose of practicing bull riding, unless the child is wearing a bull riding helmet and a protective vest.

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