Bill Text: TX SB20 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced


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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-04 - Co-author authorized [SB20 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB20-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Hall S.B. No. 20
 
 
 
   
 
 
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 Secretary of State and Attorney General shall conduct a joint
  forensic audit of the general election that took place on November
  3, 2020.
         (b)  The joint forensic audit conducted under Subsection (a)
  shall audit every precinct in each county where there is a
  discrepancy between the total number of votes counted and voters
  counted as having voted.
         (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 results of the audit
  shall be submitted 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.
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