Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) in Article I of the bill, following the appropriations to the Comptroller of Public Accounts (page I-17), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____. Report on Fiscal Impact of Pending Suits Against the State. (a) The Comptroller of Public Accounts shall collaborate with the Legislative Budget Board to produce a report on the range of potential fiscal impacts to the state that could result from a judgment entered against the state in any suit against the state, a state agency, or a state official that is pending at the time of the report's publication.

(b)  Not later than December 1, 2018, the comptroller shall deliver the report produced under Subsection (a) to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, House Appropriations Committee, and Senate Finance Committee.