Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 by Alvarado to CSSB 224 on page 5, lines 25-30, by striking provision (20) and substituting the following:

(20)  In SECTION 6.01 of the bill, in the effective date provision (page 12), strike lines 27 and 30 and substitute the following:

(a)  SECTION 6.01.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

(b)  Sections 1956.001 (6-b) and (7), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, and Section 1956.030, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, take effect July 1, 2023.