Amend CSHB 1398 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 251.001(16), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(16)  "Political advertising" means a communication supporting or opposing a candidate for nomination or election to a public office or office of a political party, a political party, a public officer, or a measure that:

(A)  in return for consideration, is published in a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical or is broadcast by radio or television; [or]

(B)  appears:

(i)  in a pamphlet, circular, flier, billboard or other sign, bumper sticker, or similar form of written communication; or

(ii)  on an Internet website; or

(C)  is distributed using electronic mail by a person required to file reports of political contributions or expenditures under Chapter 254.