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| 1 | - | 87R20359 ADM-D | |
| 2 | - | By: Hefner, Cain, Jetton, Swanson, et al. H.B. No. 1314 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1314: | |
| 4 | - | By: Schofield C.S.H.B. No. 1314 | |
| 1 | + | 87R5655 ADM-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Hefner H.B. No. 1314 | |
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| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | - | relating to manufacturing requirements for hardware and software | |
| 10 | - | used in a voting system used in an election in this state. | |
| 7 | + | relating to a requirement that all components of a voting system | |
| 8 | + | used in an election in this state be manufactured, stored, and held | |
| 9 | + | in the United States by a company headquartered in the United | |
| 10 | + | States. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | - | SECTION 1. Section 122.032, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | - | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | |
| 14 | - | follows: | |
| 12 | + | SECTION 1. Section 122.032(a), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 13 | + | read as follows: | |
| 15 | 14 | (a) For a voting system or voting system equipment to be | |
| 16 | 15 | approved for use in elections, the voting system in which the | |
| 17 | 16 | equipment is designed to be used must: | |
| 18 | 17 | (1) comply with the standards prescribed by Subchapter | |
| 19 | 18 | A; and | |
| 20 | - | (2) beginning September 1, 2021, have | |
| 21 | - | | |
| 22 | - | | |
| 23 | - | by a company whose: | |
| 24 | - | ( | |
| 19 | + | (2) beginning September 1, 2021, have all components | |
| 20 | + | of the voting system, including equipment, individual component | |
| 21 | + | pieces, and data storage manufactured, stored, and held in the | |
| 22 | + | United States and sold by a company whose: | |
| 23 | + | (A) headquarters are located in the United | |
| 25 | 24 | States; and | |
| 26 | - | (ii) parent company's headquarters, if | |
| 27 | - | applicable, are located in the United States; and | |
| 28 | - | (B) all hardware used in the voting system, if | |
| 29 | - | manufactured outside the United States, be delivered to the United | |
| 30 | - | States without any embedded software installed. | |
| 31 | - | (c) In this section, "embedded software" means programmable | |
| 32 | - | instructions provided on software that is delivered with voting | |
| 33 | - | system equipment or with a replacement part for that equipment for | |
| 34 | - | the purpose of equipment operation, including all relevant patches | |
| 35 | - | and fixes made by the original equipment manufacturer of the voting | |
| 36 | - | system equipment or replacement part for that purpose. | |
| 25 | + | (B) parent company's headquarters, if | |
| 26 | + | applicable, are located in the United States. | |
| 37 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 38 | 28 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 39 | 29 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 40 | 30 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 41 | 31 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |