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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to software installation in voting system hardware |
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manufactured outside the United States. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 122.032, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), a voting system or |
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voting system equipment is considered to be manufactured in the |
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United States if: |
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(1) final assembly of the voting system or voting |
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system equipment occurs in the United States; [and] |
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(2) all firmware and software are installed and tested |
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in the United States; and |
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(3) any hardware used in the voting system, if |
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manufactured outside the United States, is delivered to the United |
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States without embedded software installed. |
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(c) In this section, "embedded software" means programmable |
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instructions provided on software that is delivered with voting |
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system equipment or with a replacement part for that equipment for |
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the purpose of equipment operation, including all relevant patches |
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and fixes made by the original equipment manufacturer of the voting |
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system equipment or replacement part for that purpose. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |