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Amend HB 12 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____. Article 2.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) Subject to Section 370.0031(d)(1), Local Government Code, a peace officer may not inquire as to the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense except as necessary to investigate that offense.