87S20446 MLH-D
By: Hefner H.B. No. 185
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for a voting system to be used in an
election in this state.
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 (c) 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, have:
(A) all software used in the voting system be
developed and operated entirely within [be manufactured, stored,
and held in] the United States and sold by a company whose:
(i) [(A)] headquarters are located in the
United States; and
(ii) [(B)] parent company's headquarters,
if applicable, are located in the United States; and
(B) all hardware used in the voting system, if
manufactured outside the United States, be delivered to the United
States without any embedded software installed.
(c) In this section, "embedded software" means programmable
instructions provided on software that is delivered with voting
system equipment or with a replacement part for that equipment for
the purpose of equipment operation, including all relevant patches
and fixes made by the original equipment manufacturer of the voting
system equipment or replacement part for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.