Bill Text: TX HB3732 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to establishing a pilot program for the production of a paper receipt by electronic devices to accept voters.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3732 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3732-Comm_Sub.html

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88R26848 PRL-D
By: Guerra, Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 3732
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3732:
By: Smith C.S.H.B. No. 3732

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing a pilot program for the production of a
paper receipt by electronic devices to accept voters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 31.0141 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.0141. PRODUCTION OF PAPER RECEIPT BY ELECTRONIC
DEVICES TO ACCEPT VOTERS. (a) The secretary of state shall
establish a pilot program requiring a county to use an electronic
device to accept voters that:
(1) is certified under Section 31.014; and
(2) produces a paper receipt that provides a voter the
information necessary to verify the voter's participation in the
election is recorded accurately in the voter information databases
maintained by the county and the secretary of state.
(b) The secretary of state shall select to participate in
the program each county that is determined by the secretary of state
to have the appropriate technological capabilities.
(c) The secretary of state shall operate the pilot program
established under this section until January 1, 2026.
(d) Not later than September 1, 2026, the secretary of state
shall prepare and submit a report to the legislature and the
presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with
jurisdiction over elections that includes:
(1) which counties participated in the pilot program;
(2) the number of polling locations that used an
electronic device to accept voters that produced a paper receipt;
(3) any best practices for the use of electronic
devices to accept voters that produce a paper receipt; and
(4) any other information and recommendations
considered necessary by the secretary of state for statewide
implementation of the program.
(e) This section expires January 1, 2027.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2024, the secretary of
state shall establish the pilot program required by Section
31.0141, Election Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.