Bill Text: TX HB3356 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that an auditable voting system be used in an election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Elections [HB3356 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3356-Introduced.html
  87R11755 ADM-D
 
  By: Hefner H.B. No. 3356
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that an auditable voting system be used in
  an election.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 129, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 129.003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 129.003.  PAPER AUDIT TRAIL REQUIRED. (a) In this
  section, "auditable voting system" means a voting system that:
               (1)  uses a paper record; or
               (2)  produces a paper receipt by which a voter can
  verify that the voter's ballot will be counted accurately.
         (b)  Beginning January 1, 2023, a voting system that consists
  of direct recording electronic voting machines may not be used in an
  election unless the system is an auditable voting system.
         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, 2021.
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