89R22537 JDK-D
 
  By: Troxclair, Tepper, Bucy, Schofield, H.B. No. 3113
      Harris, et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring the ballots of certain counties to be
  scannable.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 52, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 52.076 to read as follows:
         Sec. 52.076.  SCANNABLE BALLOTS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN
  COUNTIES. For an election in a county that conducts a hand count of
  voted paper ballots, the ballot must be capable of being scanned and
  processed by an optical scanner.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.