87S10656 ADM-D
 
  By: Hefner H.B. No. 248
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requirements for a voting system to be used in an
  election in this state.
         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 (c) 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, have:
                     (A)  all software used in the voting system be
  developed and operated entirely within [be manufactured, stored,
  and held in] the United States and sold by a company whose:
                           (i) [(A)]  headquarters are located in the
  United States; and
                           (ii) [(B)]  parent company's headquarters,
  if applicable, are located in the United States; and
                     (B)  all hardware used in the voting system, if
  manufactured outside the United States, be delivered to the United
  States without any embedded software installed.
         (c)  In this section, "embedded software" means programmable
  instructions provided on software that is delivered with voting
  system equipment or with a replacement part for that equipment for
  the purpose of equipment operation, including all relevant patches
  and fixes made by the original equipment manufacturer of the voting
  system equipment or replacement part for that purpose.
         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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.