Bill Text: TX HB1314 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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87R5655 ADM-D
By: Hefner H.B. No. 1314

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that all components of 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(a), Election Code, is amended 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 all components
of the voting system, including equipment, individual component
pieces, and data storage 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.
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.