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Amend CSSB 2530 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1)  Strike SECTION 1 of the bill, amending Section 809.001, Government Code (page 1, lines 24-42), and substitute the following:
SECTION 1.  Sections 809.001(1) and (4), Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(1)  "Boycott energy company" means, without an ordinary business purpose, refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with a company because the company:
(A)  engages in the exploration, production, utilization, transportation, sale, or manufacturing of fossil fuel-based energy and does not commit or pledge to meet environmental standards beyond applicable federal and state law;
(B)  engages in the exploration, production, utilization, transportation, sale, or manufacturing of fossil fuel-based energy; or
(C) [(B)]  does business with a company described by Paragraph (A) or (B).
(4)  "Financial company" means a publicly traded:
(A)  financial services or[,] banking company;[,] or
(B)  investment company, including a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund.
(2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 809.101, Government Code, in proposed Subsection (b)(1)(D) of that section (page 1, line 60), between "financial" and "company", insert "services or banking".
(3)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 809.151(c), Government Code (page 2, lines 17 and 18), strike "for goods or services".
(4)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 809.151(c), Government Code (page 2, line 24), between "financial" and "company", insert "services or banking".