Bill Text: TX HB1452 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding cyber attacks on election infrastructure.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Considered in Calendars [HB1452 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1452-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding cyber attacks on election infrastructure.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Considered in Calendars [HB1452 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1452-Introduced.html
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By: Blanco | H.B. No. 1452 |
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relating to a study regarding cyber attacks on election | ||
infrastructure. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 31.013 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.013. ELECTION CYBER ATTACK STUDY. (a) Not later | ||
than December 1, 2018, the secretary of state shall conduct a study | ||
regarding cyber attacks on election infrastructure and shall report | ||
the study's findings to the standing committees of the legislature | ||
with jurisdiction over election procedures. The study shall | ||
include: | ||
(1) an investigation of vulnerabilities and risks for | ||
a cyber attack against voting system machines, the list of | ||
registered voters, and election administrators' websites; | ||
(2) information on any attempted cyber attack on | ||
voting system machines, the list of registered voters, and election | ||
administrators' websites; and | ||
(3) recommendations for protecting voting system | ||
machines, the list of registered voters, and election | ||
administrators' websites from a cyber attack. | ||
(b) In conducting the study required by this section, the | ||
secretary of state may consult with any state agency with | ||
appropriate expertise, including the Department of Public Safety | ||
and the Department of Information Resources. | ||
(c) This section expires January 1, 2019. | ||
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, 2017. |