Amend SB 1863 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter J, Chapter 127, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 127.352 to read as follows:
Sec. 127.352. BALLOT ACCOUNTING IN RANDOMIZED COUNTY AUDIT PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The secretary of state shall conduct a pilot program as part of the randomized county audits conducted under Section 127.351 in which the secretary of state develops an auditing procedure that aims to account for each ballot prepared in a county and numbered as required by Section 52.062.
(b) When conducting randomized county audits under Section 127.351, the secretary of state shall randomly select one of the counties selected under Section 127.351(b)(1) to participate in the program.
(c) In conducting the audit under Section 127.351, the secretary of state shall, in addition to the requirements of that section:
(1) audit the county selected under Subsection (b) using the auditing procedure developed under Subsection (a); and
(2) provide a report to the legislature noting any omissions or discrepancies discovered in the audit.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2027.