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

SECTION ____.  (a) Section 84.0041(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony [unless the person is the applicant, is related to the applicant within the second degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, or is registered to vote at the same address as the applicant, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor].

(b)  The change in law made by this section applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this section. An offense committed before the effective date of this section is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this subsection, an offense was committed before the effective date of this section if any element of the offense occurred before that date.