Amend SB 5 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:

SECTION ____.  (a) Before this Act may be implemented, the secretary of state, attorney general, or other state officer shall submit this Act to the United States Attorney General to determine whether this Act has the purpose or effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in 52 U.S.C. Section 10301.

(b)  If the United States Attorney General determines that this Act has the purpose or effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in 52 U.S.C. Section 10301, the provisions of law to which the United States Attorney General made that determination are void and unenforceable and the secretary of state, attorney general, or other state officer may not pursue further action.