87R5655 ADM-D
 
  By: Hefner H.B. No. 1314
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that all components of 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(a), Election Code, is amended 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 all components
  of the voting system, including equipment, individual component
  pieces, and data storage 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.
         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.