By: Klick (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 2373
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2013;
  May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the use of an electronic device to capture a voter's
  signature for the signature roster.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 63.002, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  The signature roster may be in the form of an electronic
  device approved by the secretary of state that is capable of
  capturing a voter's signature next to the voter's name on the
  device. The secretary of state shall adopt rules governing the
  processing of electronic signatures captured under this
  subsection.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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