BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	C.S.S.B. 1387
87R16648 ADM-D	By: Creighton
	State Affairs
	4/1/2021
	Committee Report (Substituted)

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Ensuring that Texans trust that their elections are secure is vital to the continued functioning of our republic. By producing voting system equipment in the United States, Texans can trust that our supply chains are secure from foreign interference.

S.B. 1387 requires that, beginning September 1, 2021, voting system equipment must be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States and sold by a company whose headquarters, and the headquarters of their parent company, is in the United States.

(Original Author's/ Sponsor's Statement of Intent)

C.S.S.B. 1387 amends current law relating to a requirement that a voting system used in an election in this state be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States by a company headquartered in the United States.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 122.032, Election Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1), as follows:

(a) Requires that, for a voting system or voting system equipment to be approved for use in elections, the voting system in which the equipment is designed to be used:

(1) creates this subdivision from existing text and makes a nonsubstantive change; and

(2) beginning September 1, 2021, be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States and sold by a company whose:

(A) headquarters are located in the United States; and

(B) parent company's headquarters, if applicable, are located in the United States.

(a-1) Provides that for the purposes of Subsection (a), a voting system or voting system equipment is considered to be manufactured in the United States if the final assembly of the voting system or voting system equipment occurs in the United States.

SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2021.