Bill Text: TX HB248 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 248 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to requirements for a voting system to be used in an election in this state.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-12 - Filed [HB248 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB248-Introduced.html

	87S10656 ADM-D

	By: Hefner	H.B. No. 248



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to requirements for a voting system to be used in an
	election in this state.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 122.032, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) 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:
	(A) all software used in the voting system be
	developed and operated entirely within [~~be manufactured, stored,~~
	~~and held in~~] the United States and sold by a company whose:
	(i) [~~(A)~~] headquarters are located in the
	United States; and
	(ii) [~~(B)~~] parent company's headquarters,
	if applicable, are located in the United States; and
	(B) all hardware used in the voting system, if
	manufactured outside the United States, be delivered to the United
	States without any embedded software installed.
	(c) In this section, "embedded software" means programmable
	instructions provided on software that is delivered with voting
	system equipment or with a replacement part for that equipment for
	the purpose of equipment operation, including all relevant patches
	and fixes made by the original equipment manufacturer of the voting
	system equipment or replacement part for that purpose.
	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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.