Amend CSSB 7 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2.07 of the bill, in added Section 86.006(a-2), Election Code (page 4, line 11), strike "at the time of delivery by a person" and substitute "by a person at the time of delivery".
(2) In SECTION 2.09 of the bill, adding Section 86.015, Election Code (page 4, between lines 61 and 62), insert the following appropriately lettered subsection:
( ) The information contained in Subsection (c) is not public information for the purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code, until after Election Day.
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 3 accordingly:
SECTION 3.___. Subchapter C, Chapter 33, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 33.063 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.063. DELIVERY OF CERTAIN EVIDENCE TO SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) A watcher may electronically transmit a photo, video, or audio recording made by the watcher during the watcher's service directly to the secretary of state if the watcher reasonably believes the photo, video, or recording contains evidence of unlawful activity. The means of transmission must be approved by the secretary of state.
(b) The secretary of state shall make a photo, video, or audio recording submitted under this section available to the attorney general upon request.
(c) Except as expressly provided by this section, a watcher may not share or transmit a photo, video, or audio recording, or allow a photo, video, or audio recording to be shared or transmitted, if the photo, video, or recording was created by the watcher during the watcher's service.
(d) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to administer this section.
(4) Strike SECTION 3.05 of the bill, amending Section 43.007, Election Code (page 6, lines 33-69), and substitute the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION 3.____. Section 43.007, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (m) and adding Subsection (m-1) to read as follows:
(m) In adopting a methodology under Subsection (f), the county must ensure that:
(1) in a county with a population of less than one million:
(A) each county commissioners precinct contains at least one countywide polling place; and
(B) [(2)] the total number of permanent branch and temporary branch polling places open for voting in a county commissioners precinct does not exceed more than twice the number of permanent branch and temporary branch polling places in another county commissioners precinct; and
(2) in a county with a population of one million or more, the number of polling places located in each state representative district included in the territory of the county is calculated by dividing the number of eligible voters residing in that district by the total number of eligible voters residing in the county and using the number generated as a percentage to allocate the same percentage of polling place locations, rounding up to the nearest whole number, if necessary.
(m-1) Election officials and voting equipment, materials, and supplies must be allocated to each polling place based on the same percentage as polling place locations are determined under Subsection (m) with no greater than a five percent deviation in the allocation between state representative districts. Each polling place location must be able to accommodate 100 percent of the equipment allocated to be operational at the same time.
(5) In the recital to SECTION 3.09 of the bill (page 7, at the beginning of line 33), insert "(f-1),".
(6) In SECTION 3.09 of the bill, amending Section 64.009, Election Code (page 7, line 43), between "A person who" and "assists", insert "simultaneously".
(7) In SECTION 3.09 of the bill, amending Section 64.009, Election Code (page 7, line 45), between "form" and "that contains", insert ", provided by an election officer,".
(8) In SECTION 3.09 of the bill, amending Section 64.009, Election Code (page 7, between lines 48 and 49), insert the following:
(f-1) Subsection (f) does not apply if the person is related to each voter within the second degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code.
(9) In SECTION 3.09 of the bill, amending Section 64.009, Election Code (page 7, line 53), strike "upon request" and substitute "if the attorney general has received a complaint to which the information may be responsive".
(10) In the recital to SECTION 3.17 (page 9, line 31), strike "Section 85.062(b), Election Code, is amended" and substitute "Section 85.062, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f-1)".
(11) Amend SECTION 3.17 of the bill, amending Section 85.062, Election Code (page 9, between lines 45 and 46) by inserting the following:
(f-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section concerning the location of temporary branch polling places, in an election in which countywide polling places are used under Section 43.007, the commissioners court of a county shall employ the same methodology it uses to determine the location of countywide polling places to determine the location of temporary branch polling places.
(12) In SECTION 3.21 of the bill, amending Section 127.1232, Election Code (page 10, lines 7-12), strike added Subsection (b) and substitute the following:
(b) The general custodian of election records in a county with a population of less than 100,000 may, and the general custodian of election records in a county with a population of 100,000 or more shall, implement a video surveillance system that retains a record of all areas containing voted ballots from the time the voted ballots are delivered to the central counting station until the canvass of precinct election returns. The video may be made available to the public by a livestream in a county with a population of less than 100,000, and shall be made available to the public by a livestream in a county with a population of 100,000 or more.
(13) In SECTION 3.22 of the bill, in added Section 129.003, Election Code (page 10, line 29), between "Title 13" and the underlined comma, insert "or an election contest under Title 14".
(14) In SECTION 3.22 of the bill, in added Section 129.003, Election Code (page 10, between lines 31 and 32), insert "or in an election contest,".