Bill Text: TX SB1387 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that a voting system used in an election in this state be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States by a company headquartered in the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 58-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [SB1387 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1387-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1387 | ||
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| relating to a requirement that a voting system used in an election | ||
| in this state be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States | ||
| by a company headquartered in the United States. | ||
| 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 (a-1) 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, be manufactured, | ||
| stored, and held in the United States and sold by a company whose: | ||
| (A) headquarters are located in the United | ||
| States; and | ||
| (B) parent company's headquarters, if | ||
| applicable, are located in the United States. | ||
| (a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), a voting system or | ||
| voting system equipment is considered to be manufactured in the | ||
| United States if: | ||
| (1) final assembly of the voting system or voting | ||
| system equipment occurs in the United States; and | ||
| (2) all firmware and software are installed and tested | ||
| in the United States. | ||
| SECTION 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY. (a) The secretary of state | ||
| shall conduct a comprehensive study to determine the feasibility of | ||
| requiring each voting system used in an election in this state to | ||
| have all components of the voting system, including all software | ||
| and hardware, manufactured, stored, and held in the United States. | ||
| (b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the secretary shall | ||
| create a detailed report summarizing the findings of the study and | ||
| deliver the report to the legislature. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1387 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1387 passed the House on | ||
| May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 35, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
