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| 1 | - | H.B. No. 1397 | |
| 1 | + | By: White, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 1397 | |
| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021; | |
| 3 | + | May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State | |
| 4 | + | Affairs; May 10, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: | |
| 5 | + | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2021, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote | |
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| 9 | + | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 4 | 10 | AN ACT | |
| 5 | 11 | relating to the required disclosure of entities with an ownership | |
| 6 | 12 | interest in a vendor of voting system equipment. | |
| 7 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 14 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 123, Election Code, is | |
| 9 | 15 | amended by adding Section 123.0311 to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 16 | Sec. 123.0311. DISCLOSURE OF RELATED ENTITIES. (a) A | |
| 11 | 17 | contract under Section 123.031 to acquire equipment necessary for | |
| 12 | 18 | operating a voting system from a vendor must identify each person or | |
| 13 | 19 | entity that has a five percent or greater ownership interest in: | |
| 14 | 20 | (1) the vendor; | |
| 15 | 21 | (2) the vendor's parent company, if applicable; and | |
| 16 | 22 | (3) each subsidiary or affiliate of the vendor, if | |
| 17 | 23 | applicable. | |
| 18 | 24 | (b) This section applies only to equipment acquired on or | |
| 19 | 25 | after September 1, 2021. | |
| 20 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | |
| 21 | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
| 22 | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
| 23 | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1397 was passed by the House on May 5, | |
| 24 | - | 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | |
| 25 | - | voting. | |
| 26 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 27 | - | Chief Clerk of the House | |
| 28 | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1397 was passed by the Senate on May | |
| 29 | - | 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 30 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 31 | - | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 32 | - | APPROVED: _____________________ | |
| 33 | - | Date | |
| 34 | - | _____________________ | |
| 35 | - | Governor | |
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