By: Creighton	S.B. No. 1846
	(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2023; March 20, 2023, read
	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	April 6, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
	Nays 0; April 6, 2023, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the manufacture of voting machines by certain foreign
	persons.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 122.0331, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  A manufacturer of voting systems used in an election may
	not enter into a contract, or extend or renew a contract, for
	software development services with:
	(1)  a company or other entity headquartered in China,
	Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Russia; or
	(2)  an individual who is based in China, Cuba, Iran,
	North Korea, or Russia.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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