Bill Text: TX HB1848 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of central counting stations complying with federal standards for facilities that contain sensitive information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1848 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1848-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of central counting stations complying with federal standards for facilities that contain sensitive information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1848 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1848-Comm_Sub.html
By: DeAyala (Senate Sponsor - Hall) | H.B. No. 1848 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2023; | ||
May 11, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State | ||
Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 6, Nays 2; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of | ||
central counting stations complying with federal standards for | ||
facilities that contain sensitive information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 127, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 127.010 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 127.010. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON CENTRAL COUNTING STATION | ||
OPERATING AS SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITY. (a) | ||
The secretary of state shall conduct a study to consider the | ||
feasibility of conforming each central counting station with the | ||
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF) standards | ||
promulgated by the United States federal government. | ||
(b) The study must consider the feasibility of ensuring | ||
substantial compliance with the SCIF standards while allowing for | ||
poll watching and other citizen involvement in an election | ||
permitted under state law. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2024, the secretary of state | ||
shall create a detailed report summarizing the findings of the | ||
study and deliver the report to the legislature. | ||
(d) This section expires December 15, 2024. | ||
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 September 1, 2023. | ||
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