Amend CSSB 14 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTIONS 1 and 2 of the bill (page 1, line 5, through page 2, line 2) and renumber the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
(2) In SECTION 9 of the bill, in amended Section 63.001(b), Election Code (page 5, line 2), strike "Except as provided by Subsection (h), on [On]" and substitute "On".
(3) In SECTION 9 of the bill, strike added Sections 63.001(g) and (h), Election Code (page 5, line 25 through page 6, line 23), and substitute the following:
(g) If the requirements for identification prescribed by Subsection (b) are not met, the voter may be accepted for provisional voting only under Section 63.011. An election officer shall provide a voter who presents the voter's voter registration certificate an affidavit to execute under penalty of perjury that, in addition to meeting the requirements of Section 63.011(a), states the voter is the person named on the voter registration certificate.
(h) For a voter who is not accepted for voting under this section, an election officer shall:
(1) inform the voter of the voter's right to cast a provisional ballot under Section 63.011; and
(2) provide the voter with written information, in a form prescribed by the secretary of state, that lists the requirements for identification.
(4) Strike SECTION 17 of the bill (page 11, line 24, through page 12, line 20) and substitute the following:
SECTION 17. Section 65.054(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) A provisional ballot shall [may] be accepted [only] if the board determines that, from the information in the affidavit or contained in public records, the person is eligible to vote in the election and has not previously voted in that election and:
(1) the voter meets the identification requirements of Section 63.001(b) at the time the ballot was cast; or
(2) the voter presented the voter's voter registration certificate with the affidavit described by Section 63.001(g) and the signature on the voter's provisional voting affidavit is substantially similar to the signature on the voter's voter registration application or other public record in the possession of the voter registrar.
(5) Strike SECTION 18 of the bill (page 12, line 21, through page 13, line 6) and renumber the remaining SECTIONS accordingly.