Amend CSHB 2818 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ___.  Section 122.102, Agriculture Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 122.102.  LICENSE AND HEMP RESEARCH PERMIT INELIGIBILITY. (a) An individual who is or has been convicted of a felony relating to a controlled substance under federal law or the law of any state may not, before the 10th anniversary of the date of the conviction:

(1)  hold a license under this subchapter or a hemp research permit under Subchapter A; or

(2)  be a governing person of a business entity or nonprofit research entity that holds a license under this subchapter or a hemp research permit under Subchapter A.

(b)  The department may not issue a license under this subchapter or a hemp research permit under Subchapter A to a person who materially falsifies any information contained in an application submitted to the department under Section 122.005 or 122.103.