By: Creighton S.B. No. 1387

(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2021; March 18, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; April 6, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 6, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1387 By: Birdwell

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

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.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

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

(a) 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 must:

(1) comply with the standards prescribed by Subchapter A; 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) For 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. 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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