Bill Text: TX HB1397 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 1397 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the required disclosure of entities with an ownership interest in a vendor of voting system equipment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1397 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1397-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 1397




	AN ACT
	relating to the required disclosure of entities with an ownership
	interest in a vendor of voting system equipment.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 123, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 123.0311 to read as follows:
	Sec. 123.0311. DISCLOSURE OF RELATED ENTITIES. (a) A
	contract under Section 123.031 to acquire equipment necessary for
	operating a voting system from a vendor must identify each person or
	entity that has a five percent or greater ownership interest in:
	(1) the vendor;
	(2) the vendor's parent company, if applicable; and
	(3) each subsidiary or affiliate of the vendor, if
	applicable.
	(b) This section applies only to equipment acquired on or
	after September 1, 2021.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1397 was passed by the House on May 5,
	2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1397 was passed by the Senate on May
	19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor