Bill Text: TX HB1848 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of central counting stations complying with federal standards for facilities that contain sensitive information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1848 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1848-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1848 | ||
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| relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of | ||
| central counting stations complying with federal standards for | ||
| facilities that contain sensitive information. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 127, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 127.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 127.010. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON CENTRAL COUNTING STATION | ||
| OPERATING AS SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITY. (a) | ||
| The secretary of state shall conduct a study to consider the | ||
| feasibility of conforming each central counting station with the | ||
| Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF) standards | ||
| promulgated by the United States federal government. | ||
| (b) The study must consider the feasibility of ensuring | ||
| substantial compliance with the SCIF standards while allowing for | ||
| poll watching and other citizen involvement in an election | ||
| permitted under state law. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1, 2024, the secretary of state | ||
| shall create a detailed report summarizing the findings of the | ||
| study and deliver the report to the legislature. | ||
| (d) This section expires December 15, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1848 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 50, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1848 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
