Bill Text: TX HB137 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the security of electronic voting system media.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-23 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB137 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB137-Introduced.html
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| By: Parker | H.B. No. 137 | |
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| relating to the security of electronic voting system media. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 129.051, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (h) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) The general custodian of election records shall develop | ||
| a procedure for tracking the custody of each electronic information | ||
| storage medium from its storage location, through election coding | ||
| and the election process, to its final post-election disposition | ||
| and return to storage. The chain of custody must require two or | ||
| more individuals to perform a check and verification check whenever | ||
| a transfer of custody occurs, and must include the maintenance of a | ||
| log signed by the individuals and containing the serial number or | ||
| other unique identifier of the medium. | ||
| (h) The secretary of state shall create a standard form for | ||
| maintaining the log under Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
