Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) in Article I of the bill, immediately following the appropriations to the Secretary of State (page I-89), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____. Contingency Appropriation: Pilot Program for Determining Best Practices for Ballot Counting Recording Devices. Contingent on the enactment and becoming law of HB 246 or similar legislation by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to a pilot program for recording activity at a ballot counting station, out of the funds appropriated above in Strategy B.1.1, Elections Administration, the secretary of state shall use funds necessary to conduct a pilot program for recording activity at ballot counting stations as authorized by that legislation.