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Amend SB 302 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 81, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 81.062 to read as follows:
Sec. 81.062. STATE BAR ADMISSION AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF. In establishing the rules governing the admission to the practice of law under Section 81.061, the supreme court shall ensure that no rule limits, hinders, disadvantages, or otherwise adversely affects a person's admission to the practice of law on the basis of a person's sincerely held religious belief.