Bill Text: TX HB342 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to cybersecurity for voting systems.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-31 - Left pending in committee [HB342 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB342-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 342 | |
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| relating to cybersecurity for voting systems. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 276.011, Election Code, as added by | ||
| Chapter 683 (H.B. 8), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2017, as effective September 1, 2017, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Not later than September [ |
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| secretary of state shall: | ||
| (1) conduct a study regarding cyber attacks on | ||
| election infrastructure; | ||
| (2) prepare a public summary report on the study's | ||
| findings that does not contain any information the release of which | ||
| may compromise any election; | ||
| (3) prepare a confidential report on specific findings | ||
| and vulnerabilities that is exempt from disclosure under Chapter | ||
| 552, Government Code; and | ||
| (4) submit to the [ |
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| legislature [ |
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| the report required under Subdivision (2) and a general compilation | ||
| of the report required under Subdivision (3) that does not contain | ||
| any information the release of which may compromise any election. | ||
| (b) The study must include: | ||
| (1) an investigation of vulnerabilities and risks for | ||
| a cyber attack against all voting systems, including a county's | ||
| voting system machines, [ |
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| administration of voting by mail; | ||
| (2) information on any attempted cyber attack on all | ||
| voting systems, including a county's voting system machines, [ |
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| the list of registered voters, or the administration of voting by | ||
| mail; and | ||
| (3) recommendations for protecting all voting | ||
| systems, including a county's voting system machines, the [ |
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| list of registered voters, and the administration of voting by | ||
| mail, from a cyber attack. | ||
| (b-1) In conducting the study, the secretary of state shall | ||
| consult with: | ||
| (1) county election officials, including officials | ||
| from any county targeted by a cyber attack; | ||
| (2) local law enforcement officials, including county | ||
| and district attorneys; | ||
| (3) federal law enforcement officials, including | ||
| officials from the United States Department of Homeland Security; | ||
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| (4) experts in the field of cybersecurity risk and | ||
| incident prevention. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 276, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 276.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 276.012. REPORT OF CYBER ATTACK. A county clerk shall | ||
| report any cyber attack or attempted cyber attack on a county's | ||
| voting system to the secretary of state not later than 48 hours | ||
| after the discovery of the attack or attempted attack. The | ||
| secretary of state shall make available a record of the report of | ||
| any cyber attack or attempted cyber attack to a member of the | ||
| legislature. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 December 1, 2017. | ||
