Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) 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:

____.  Voter Information Database Study. (a) Using the funds appropriated above, the secretary of state shall conduct a study regarding the accuracy of the statewide computerized voter registration list and any related database that includes:

(1)  an examination of the processes by which each:

(A)  voter registrar provides voter registration information to the secretary of state under Section 18.061, Election Code; and

(B)  general custodian of election records provides voter participation information to the secretary of state under Section 18.069, Election Code;

(2)  a comparison of the voter information contained in the voter information database maintained by the secretary of state to the voter information contained in the database maintained by each county; and

(3)  any other recommendations for legislative or other action to ensure that the statewide voter information contained in the database maintained by the secretary is synchronized with the information contained in the databases maintained by each county.

(b)  Not later than September 1, 2024, the secretary of state shall prepare and submit a report on the study's findings to the standing committees of each house of the legislature that have jurisdiction over elections.