88R26848 PRL-D
 
  By: Guerra, Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 3732
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3732:
 
  By:  Smith C.S.H.B. No. 3732
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to establishing a pilot program for the production of a
  paper receipt by electronic devices to accept voters.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 31.0141 to read as follows:
         Sec. 31.0141.  PRODUCTION OF PAPER RECEIPT BY ELECTRONIC
  DEVICES TO ACCEPT VOTERS. (a)  The secretary of state shall
  establish a pilot program requiring a county to use an electronic
  device to accept voters that:
               (1)  is certified under Section 31.014; and
               (2)  produces a paper receipt that provides a voter the
  information necessary to verify the voter's participation in the
  election is recorded accurately in the voter information databases
  maintained by the county and the secretary of state.
         (b)  The secretary of state shall select to participate in
  the program each county that is determined by the secretary of state
  to have the appropriate technological capabilities.
         (c)  The secretary of state shall operate the pilot program
  established under this section until January 1, 2026.
         (d)  Not later than September 1, 2026, the secretary of state
  shall prepare and submit a report to the legislature and the
  presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with
  jurisdiction over elections that includes:
               (1)  which counties participated in the pilot program;
               (2)  the number of polling locations that used an
  electronic device to accept voters that produced a paper receipt;
               (3)  any best practices for the use of electronic
  devices to accept voters that produce a paper receipt; and
               (4)  any other information and recommendations
  considered necessary by the secretary of state for statewide
  implementation of the program.
         (e)  This section expires January 1, 2027.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2024, the secretary of
  state shall establish the pilot program required by Section
  31.0141, Election Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.