Bill Text: TX SB931 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the process of canvassing elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-27 - Filed [SB931 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB931-Introduced.html
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| By: Hall | S.B. No. 931 | |
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| relating to the process of canvassing elections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 67.004(d) and (f), Election Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The canvassing authority shall [ |
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| precinct returns with the corresponding tally list. If a | ||
| discrepancy is discovered between the vote totals shown on the | ||
| returns and those shown on the tally list for a precinct, the | ||
| presiding judge of the precinct shall examine the returns and tally | ||
| list and make the necessary corrections on the returns. | ||
| (f) On completion of the canvass, the presiding officer of | ||
| the canvassing authority shall deliver the precinct returns, tally | ||
| lists, and early voting precinct report used in the canvass to the | ||
| general custodian of election records. The presiding officer of | ||
| the canvassing authority shall verify that the precinct returns are | ||
| accurately reflected in the county returns prepared by the | ||
| custodian. The custodian shall preserve the records delivered | ||
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| precinct election records. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 67.007, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (d-1), (d-2), and (d-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (d-1) The county clerk may not deliver the county returns to | ||
| the secretary of state under this section before each canvassing | ||
| authority has verified that the county returns accurately reflect | ||
| the precinct returns under Section 67.004(f). | ||
| (d-2) The secretary of state shall post the county returns | ||
| on the secretary of state's Internet website, organized by | ||
| precinct. Not later than 24 hours after the secretary of state posts | ||
| the county returns, the county clerk shall verify that the county | ||
| returns on the secretary of state's Internet website accurately | ||
| reflect the precinct returns delivered to the county clerk. | ||
| (d-3) The secretary of state shall compare the county | ||
| returns with the corresponding local election register. If a | ||
| discrepancy is discovered between the vote totals shown on the | ||
| returns and those shown on the register, the secretary of state | ||
| shall examine the returns and register and make the necessary | ||
| corrections on the returns. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2025. | ||
