| 1 | 1 | | 85R21640 GRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Blanco, Lucio III, H.B. No. 1452 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Gonzales of Williamson, Capriglione, |
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| 4 | 4 | | Elkins |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute the following for H.B. |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to a study regarding cyber attacks on election |
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| 11 | 11 | | infrastructure. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 276, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section 276.011 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 276.011. ELECTION CYBER ATTACK STUDY. (a) Not later |
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| 16 | 16 | | than December 1, 2018, the secretary of state shall: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) conduct a study regarding cyber attacks on |
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| 18 | 18 | | election infrastructure; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) prepare a public summary report on the study's |
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| 20 | 20 | | findings that does not contain any information the release of which |
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| 21 | 21 | | may compromise any election; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) prepare a confidential report on specific findings |
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| 23 | 23 | | and vulnerabilities that is exempt from disclosure under Chapter |
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| 24 | 24 | | 552, Government Code; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) submit a copy of the report required under |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subdivision (2) and a general compilation of the report required |
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| 27 | 27 | | under Subdivision (3) that does not contain any information the |
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| 28 | 28 | | release of which may compromise any election to the standing |
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| 29 | 29 | | committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over election |
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| 30 | 30 | | procedures. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The study must include: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) an investigation of vulnerabilities and risks for |
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| 33 | 33 | | a cyber attack against a county's voting system machines or the list |
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| 34 | 34 | | of registered voters; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) information on any attempted cyber attack on a |
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| 36 | 36 | | county's voting system machines or the list of registered voters; |
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| 37 | 37 | | and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) recommendations for protecting a county's voting |
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| 39 | 39 | | system machines and list of registered voters from a cyber attack. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) The secretary of state, using existing resources, may |
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| 41 | 41 | | contract with a qualified vendor to conduct the study required by |
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| 42 | 42 | | this section. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (d) This section expires January 1, 2019. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 45 | 45 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 46 | 46 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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