Amend CSHB 1735 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 11.002(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  In this code, "qualified voter" means a person who:

(1)  is 18 years of age or older;

(2)  is a United States citizen;

(3)  has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:

(A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or

(B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;

(4)  has not been finally convicted of a felony or, if so convicted, has:

(A)  completed [fully discharged the person's sentence, including] any term of incarceration[, parole,] or community supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court;

(B)  served at least 10 consecutive years of parole or mandatory supervision; or

(C) [(B)]  been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote;

(5)  is a resident of this state; and

(6)  is a registered voter.

SECTION ____.  Section 13.001(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  To be eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must:

(1)  be 18 years of age or older;

(2)  be a United States citizen;

(3)  not have been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:

(A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or

(B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;

(4)  not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if so convicted, must have:

(A)  completed [fully discharged the person's sentence, including] any term of incarceration[, parole,] or community supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court;

(B)  served at least 10 consecutive years of parole or mandatory supervision; or

(C) [(B)]  been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote; and

(5)  be a resident of the county in which application for registration is made.