Bill Text: TX HB1902 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Elections [HB1902 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1902-Introduced.html
| 87R5844 ADM-D | ||
| By: White | H.B. No. 1902 | |
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| 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. | ||
| 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) have all components of the voting system, | ||
| including all software and hardware, manufactured, stored, and held | ||
| 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. | ||
