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| 1 | 1 | 89R5315 MPF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dorazio H.B. No. 2502 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to software installed in certain voting system equipment. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 122, Election Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 122.0332 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 122.0332. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF | |
| 14 | 14 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. In addition to other requirements for | |
| 15 | 15 | approval, each unit of electronic equipment in a voting system must | |
| 16 | 16 | be equipped with software that: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) tracks all input and activity on the electronic | |
| 18 | 18 | equipment; | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) is capable of creating a record of the information | |
| 20 | 20 | tracked under Subdivision (1); and | |
| 21 | 21 | (3) cannot be disabled. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 23 | 23 | to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |