Amend CSSB 1 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 4 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 4 accordingly:

SECTION 4.___.  Section 86.015(c), Election Code, as effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:

(c)  An online tool used under this section must:

(1)  for each election, record:

(A)  each application for a ballot to be voted by mail received by the clerk; and

(B)  each carrier envelope sent to a voter by the clerk;

(2)  for each carrier envelope, record or assign a serially numbered and sequentially issued barcode or tracking number that is unique to each envelope; [and]

(3)  update the applicable Internet website as soon as practicable after each of the following events occurs:

(A)  receipt by the early voting clerk of the person's application for a ballot to be voted by mail;

(B)  acceptance or rejection by the early voting clerk of the person's application for a ballot to be voted by mail;

(C)  placement in the mail by the early voting clerk of the person's official ballot;

(D)  receipt by the early voting clerk of the person's marked ballot; and

(E)  acceptance or rejection by the early voting ballot board of a person's marked ballot; and

(4)  allow a voter to add or correct information required under Section 84.002(a)(1-a) or Section 86.002(g).