Bill Text: TX HB26 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 26 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a forensic audit of 2020 election results in certain counties.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 40)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-06 - Filed [HB26 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB26-Introduced.html



	By: Toth	H.B. No. 26



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a forensic audit of 2020 election results in certain
	counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Title 16, Election Code, is amended by adding
	Chapter 280 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 280. FORENSIC AUDIT OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTION
	Sec. 280.001. FORENSIC AUDIT OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTION. (a)
	The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
	representatives shall appoint an independent third party to conduct
	a forensic audit of the general election that took place on November
	3, 2020.
	(b) The independent third party appointed under Subsection
	(a) shall audit every precinct in each county with a population of
	415,000 or more.
	(c) The audit under this section must begin not later than
	November 1, 2021, and be completed not later than February 1, 2022.
	(d) Not later than March 1, 2022, the independent third
	party conducting the audit under this section shall submit a report
	to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of
	representatives, and each member of the legislature detailing any
	anomalies or discrepancies in voter data, ballot data, or
	tabulation.
	(e) This chapter expires April 1, 2022.
	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.