Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 by Birdwell to CSSB 1025 (87r19228) in Item (2) of the amendment, adding Section 418.0165(d), Government Code, as follows:

(1)  On line 9, strike "The" and substitute "Except as provided by this subsection, the".

(2)  On line 18, immediately following the underlined period, insert the following:

This subsection does not prohibit the governor from suspending a provision of the Election Code to extend the voting period for early voting by mail as necessary to address the declared disaster.