89R15734 JDK-D
By: McQueeney H.B. No. 4849
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the numbering of ballots.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 52.062, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 52.062. NUMBERING OF BALLOTS. (a) The ballots
prepared by each authority responsible for having the official
ballot prepared shall be numbered consecutively beginning with the
number "1."
(b) An official ballot may not be numbered using a device
described by Section 31.014 or by a device that is connected, either
directly or by a shared network, to a device described by Section
31.014.
SECTION 2. Section 124.062, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Section 52.062 applies to electronic system ballots.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.