Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

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1	1	85S10633 SRS-F
2	2	By: Reynolds H.B. No. 342
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to cybersecurity for voting systems.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 276.011, Election Code, as added by
10	10	Chapter 683 (H.B. 8), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
11	11	Session, 2017, as effective September 1, 2017, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(a) Not later than September [December] 1, 2018, the
15	15	secretary of state shall:
16	16	(1) conduct a study regarding cyber attacks on
17	17	election infrastructure;
18	18	(2) prepare a public summary report on the study's
19	19	findings that does not contain any information the release of which
20	20	may compromise any election;
21	21	(3) prepare a confidential report on specific findings
22	22	and vulnerabilities that is exempt from disclosure under Chapter
23	23	552, Government Code; and
24	24	(4) submit to the [standing committees of the]
25	25	legislature [with jurisdiction over election procedures] a copy of
26	26	the report required under Subdivision (2) and a general compilation
27	27	of the report required under Subdivision (3) that does not contain
28	28	any information the release of which may compromise any election.
29	29	(b) The study must include:
30	30	(1) an investigation of vulnerabilities and risks for
31	31	a cyber attack against all voting systems, including a county's
32	32	voting system machines, [or] the list of registered voters, or the
33	33	administration of voting by mail;
34	34	(2) information on any attempted cyber attack on all
35	35	voting systems, including a county's voting system machines, [or]
36	36	the list of registered voters, or the administration of voting by
37	37	mail; and
38	38	(3) recommendations for protecting all voting
39	39	systems, including a county's voting system machines, the [and]
40	40	list of registered voters, and the administration of voting by
41	41	mail, from a cyber attack.
42	42	(b-1) In conducting the study, the secretary of state shall
43	43	consult with:
44	44	(1) county election officials, including officials
45	45	from any county targeted by a cyber attack;
46	46	(2) local law enforcement officials, including county
47	47	and district attorneys;
48	48	(3) federal law enforcement officials, including
49	49	officials from the United States Department of Homeland Security;
50	50	and
51	51	(4) experts in the field of cybersecurity risk and
52	52	incident prevention.
53	53	SECTION 2. Chapter 276, Election Code, is amended by adding
54	54	Section 276.012 to read as follows:
55	55	Sec. 276.012. REPORT OF CYBER ATTACK. A county clerk shall
56	56	report any cyber attack or attempted cyber attack on a county's
57	57	voting system to the secretary of state not later than 48 hours
58	58	after the discovery of the attack or attempted attack. The
59	59	secretary of state shall make available a record of the report of
60	60	any cyber attack or attempted cyber attack to a member of the
61	61	legislature.
62	62	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
63	63	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
64	64	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
65	65	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
66	66	Act takes effect December 1, 2017.