89R8481 JDK-D
By: Troxclair H.B. No. 3113
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the ballots of certain counties to be
scannable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 52, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 52.076 to read as follows:
Sec. 52.076. SCANNABLE BALLOTS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN
COUNTIES. (a) In this section, "automatic tabulating equipment"
has the meaning assigned by Section 121.003.
(b) For an election in a county that conducts a hand count of
voted paper ballots, the ballot must be capable of being scanned and
processed by automatic tabulating equipment.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.