By: Hall S.B. No. 20
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a forensic audit of 2020 election results in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 16, Election Code, is amended by adding
Chapter 280 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 280. FORENSIC AUDIT OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTION
Sec. 280.001. FORENSIC AUDIT OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTION. (a)
The Secretary of State and Attorney General shall conduct a joint
forensic audit of the general election that took place on November
3, 2020.
(b) The joint forensic audit conducted under Subsection (a)
shall audit every precinct in each county where there is a
discrepancy between the total number of votes counted and voters
counted as having voted.
(c) The audit under this section must begin not later than
November 1, 2021, and be completed not later than February 1, 2022.
(d) Not later than March 1, 2022, the results of the audit
shall be submitted to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of
the house of representatives, and each member of the legislature
detailing any anomalies or discrepancies in voter data, ballot
data, or tabulation.
(e) This chapter expires April 1, 2022.
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.