Amend CSHB 670 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                       
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, following added Section 
22.027, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 3, between lines 24 
and 25), insert the following:
	Sec. 22.28. PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF CONFIDENTIAL 
INFORMATION BY NEWS MEDIUM. (a) A news medium that distributes a 
report from a journalist that uses a confidential source for any 
information must publish and distribute one of the following two 
disclaimers in conjunction with the report:
		(1)  "This news report relies on a confidential source 
and contains confidential information. The name of the confidential 
source will not be voluntarily disclosed by the journalist.  The 
journalist relying on this confidential source and the news medium 
distributing this information have NOT checked out the accuracy of 
this information and make no warranties as to truthfulness of the 
confidential source or the accuracy of any information obtained 
from the confidential source."; or
		(2)  "This news report relies on a confidential source 
and contains confidential information. The name of the confidential 
source will not be voluntarily disclosed by the journalist. The 
journalist relying on this confidential source and the news medium 
distributing this information have checked and CONFIRMED the 
accuracy of this information and stand by the truthfulness of the 
confidential source and the accuracy of all information obtained 
from the confidential source."
	(2)  Strike the recital for SECTION 2 of the bill (page 3, 
lines 25-26), and substitute the following:
	Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding 
Articles 38.11, 38.111, and 38.112 to read as follows:
	(3)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, following added Article 
38.111, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 6, between lines 34 and 
35), insert the following:
	Art. 38.112. PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF CONFIDENTIAL 
INFORMATION BY NEWS MEDIUM. (a) A news medium that distributes a 
report from a journalist that uses a confidential source for any 
information must publish and distribute one of the following two 
disclaimers in conjunction with the report:
		(1)  "This news report relies on a confidential source 
and contains confidential information. The name of the confidential 
source will not be voluntarily disclosed by the journalist. The 
journalist relying on this confidential source and the news medium 
distributing this information have NOT checked out the accuracy of 
this information and make no warranties as to truthfulness of the 
confidential source or the accuracy of any information obtained 
from the confidential source."; or
		(2)  "This news report relies on a confidential source 
and contains confidential information. The name of the confidential 
source will not be voluntarily disclosed by the journalist. The 
journalist relying on this confidential source and the news medium 
distributing this information have checked and CONFIRMED the 
accuracy of this information and stand by the truthfulness of the 
confidential source and the accuracy of all information obtained 
from the confidential source."