Amend CSSB 7 (senate committee printing) by striking SECTION 5.03 of the bill (page 13, lines 21-22) and substituting the following:

SECTION 5.03.  (a) The secretary of state is required to conduct a thorough analysis and produce a report that assesses whether this Act, were it to be implemented, would produce a disparate impact on women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, students, or racial and ethnic minorities.

(b)  If the report produced by the secretary of state concludes that a disparate impact on women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, students, or racial and ethnic minorities is likely to arise from the implementation of this Act, this Act has no effect.

(c)  The report produced under this section is a public record.

SECTION 5.04.  (a) Subject to Section 5.02 of this Act and except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this Act takes effect on the later of:

(1)  the date the secretary of state publishes the report described by Section 5.03(a) of this Act in which the secretary of state concludes that no provision of this Act will produce a disparate impact on women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, students, or racial and ethnic minorities; or

(2)  September 1, 2021.

(b)  Section 5.03 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.