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Amend CSSB 2713 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 121.001, Business & Commerce Code (page 1, line 29), between the section heading and "A", insert "(a)".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, at the end of added Section 121.001, Business & Commerce Code (page 1, between lines 35 and 36), insert the following:
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a professional or trade association may deny a person access to or membership or participation in the association because the person has engaged in speech that:
(1) directly incites criminal activity;
(2) constitutes a specific threat of violence against a person because of the person's race, color, disability status, religion, familial status, national origin or ancestry, age, sex, or status as a peace officer or judge; or
(3) otherwise constitutes unlawful speech.