By: Creighton S.B. No. 1387
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 6, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 6, 2021,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1387 By: Birdwell
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that a voting system used in an election
in this state be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States
by a company headquartered in the United States.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 122.032, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) 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) beginning September 1, 2021, be manufactured,
stored, and held in the United States and sold by a company whose:
(A) headquarters are located in the United
States; and
(B) parent company's headquarters, if
applicable, are located in the United States.
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), a voting system or
voting system equipment is considered to be manufactured in the
United States if the final assembly of the voting system or voting
system equipment occurs 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.
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