Bill Text: TX HB1314 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to manufacturing requirements for hardware and software used in a voting system used in an election in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 54-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1314 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1314-Comm_Sub.html
| 87R20359 ADM-D | |||
| By: Hefner, Cain, Jetton, Swanson, et al. | H.B. No. 1314 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1314: | |||
| By: Schofield | C.S.H.B. No. 1314 | ||
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| relating to manufacturing requirements for hardware and software | ||
| used in a voting system 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 the United States and sold | ||
| by a company whose: | ||
| (i) headquarters are located in the United | ||
| States; and | ||
| (ii) parent company's headquarters, 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 September 1, 2021. | ||
