Amend HB 2589 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Section 13.038, Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 13.038. POWERS GENERALLY; OFFENSE. (a) A volunteer deputy registrar may distribute voter registration application forms throughout the county and receive registration applications submitted to the deputy in person.

(b) A volunteer deputy registrar commits an offense if the volunteer deputy distributes a voter registration application form to a person the volunteer deputy knows is ineligible to register to vote under Section 13.001. An offense under this subsection is a state jail felony.