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Amend CSSB 4 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
SECTION 1.____. Subchapter K, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 1701.508 to read as follows:
Sec. 1701.508. DISCIPLINARY ACTION RELATING TO IMMIGRATION STATUS INQUIRY PROHIBITED. The commission may not revoke or suspend a license, initiate an official disciplinary inquiry, or conduct a disciplinary proceeding because of a license holder's failure or refusal to inquire into or obtain information relating to the nationality or immigration status of an arrested person.
(2) On page 12, line 26, strike "(d) and (e)" and substitute "(d), (e), and (f)".
(3) On page 13, between lines 16 and 17, add the following:
(f) A peace officer may not be required to, and is not subject to disciplinary action for declining to:
(1) inquire about, disclose, or provide the immigration status of a person who is outside the scope of the officer's investigation of a specific offense; or
(2) inquire about or obtain the immigration status of a person in the course of responding to an emergency call or conducting a traffic stop.