87R5844 ADM-D
By: White H.B. No. 1902
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that all components of a voting system
used in an election in this state be manufactured, stored, and held
in the United States.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 122.032(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For a voting system or voting system equipment to be
approved for use in elections, the voting system in which the
equipment is designed to be used must:
(1) comply with the standards prescribed by Subchapter
A; and
(2) have all components of the voting system,
including all software and hardware, manufactured, stored, and held
in the United States.
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 September 1, 2021.