Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and cross-references to those ARTICLES accordingly:
ARTICLE ____.
SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the following districts are protected by the provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.) and may not be retrogressed under the standards developed by the federal courts and the United States Department of Justice:
(1)  District 22;
(2)  District 26;
(3)  District 27;
(4)  District 28;
(5)  District 29;
(6)  District 31;
(7)  District 32;
(8)  District 34;
(9)  District 35;
(10)  District 36;
(11)  District 37;
(12)  District 38;
(13)  District 39;
(14)  District 40;
(15)  District 41;
(16)  District 42;
(17)  District 43;
(18)  District 46;
(19)  District 50;
(20)  District 51;
(21)  District 54;
(22)  District 65;
(23)  District 74;
(24)  District 75;
(25)  District 76;
(26)  District 77;
(27)  District 78;
(28)  District 79;
(29)  District 80;
(30)  District 81;
(31)  District 85;
(32)  District 90;
(33)  District 95;
(34)  District 100;
(35)  District 101;
(36)  District 102;
(37)  District 103;
(38)  District 104;
(39)  District 105;
(40)  District 107;
(41)  District 109;
(42)  District 110;
(43)  District 111;
(44)  District 112;
(45)  District 113;
(46)  District 115;
(47)  District 116;
(48)  District 117;
(49)  District 118;
(50)  District 119;
(51)  District 120;
(52)  District 123;
(53)  District 124;
(54)  District 125;
(55)  District 126;
(56)  District 131;
(57)  District 132;
(58)  District 135;
(59)  District 137;
(60)  District 138;
(61)  District 139;
(62)  District 140;
(63)  District 141;
(64)  District 142;
(65)  District 143;
(66)  District 144;
(67)  District 145;
(68)  District 146;
(69)  District 147;
(70)  District 148; and
(71)  District 149.