Bill Text: TX HB248 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for a voting system to be used in an election in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-12 - Filed [HB248 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB248-Introduced.html
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| By: Hefner | H.B. No. 248 | |
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| relating to requirements for a voting system to be used in an | ||
| election in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 122.032, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) For a voting system or voting system equipment to be | ||
| approved for use in elections, the voting system in which the | ||
| equipment is designed to be used must: | ||
| (1) comply with the standards prescribed by Subchapter | ||
| A; and | ||
| (2) beginning September 1, 2021, have: | ||
| (A) all software used in the voting system be | ||
| developed and operated entirely within [ |
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| United States; and | ||
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| if applicable, are located in the United States; and | ||
| (B) all hardware used in the voting system, if | ||
| manufactured outside the United States, be delivered to the United | ||
| States without any embedded software installed. | ||
| (c) In this section, "embedded software" means programmable | ||
| instructions provided on software that is delivered with voting | ||
| system equipment or with a replacement part for that equipment for | ||
| the purpose of equipment operation, including all relevant patches | ||
| and fixes made by the original equipment manufacturer of the voting | ||
| system equipment or replacement part for that purpose. | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
