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Amend CSHB 2497 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 2, line 23, strike "and".
(2) On page 2, strike line 24 and substitute the following:
(D) state civics; and
(E) the role of this state in passing and reauthorizing the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.), highlighting:
(i) President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the act;
(ii) President George W. Bush's 25-year extension of the act; and
(iii) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan's successful efforts to broaden the act to include Spanish-speaking communities;