89R15734 JDK-D
 
  By: McQueeney H.B. No. 4849
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the numbering of ballots.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 52.062, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 52.062.  NUMBERING OF BALLOTS.  (a)  The ballots
  prepared by each authority responsible for having the official
  ballot prepared shall be numbered consecutively beginning with the
  number "1."
         (b)  An official ballot may not be numbered using a device
  described by Section 31.014 or by a device that is connected, either
  directly or by a shared network, to a device described by Section
  31.014.
         SECTION 2.  Section 124.062, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  Section 52.062 applies to electronic system ballots.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.