H.B. No. 4130

	AN ACT
	relating to use of an electronic device for accepting voters;
	authorizing a fee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 31.014 to read as follows:
	Sec. 31.014.  CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO ACCEPT
	VOTERS. (a) The secretary of state shall prescribe specific
	requirements and standards, consistent with this code, for the
	certification of an electronic device used to accept voters under
	Chapter 63 that require the device to:
	(1)  produce an electronic copy of the list of voters
	who were accepted to vote for delivery to the election judge after
	the polls close;
	(2)  display the voter's original signature in
	accordance with Section 63.002;
	(3)  accept a voter for voting even when the device is
	off-line;
	(4)  provide the full list of voters registered in the
	county with an indication of the jurisdictional or distinguishing
	number for each territorial unit in which each voter resides;
	(5)  time-stamp when each voter is accepted at a
	polling place, including the voter's unique identifier;
	(6)  if the county participates in the countywide
	polling place program under Section 43.007 or has more than one
	early voting polling place, transmit a time stamp when each voter is
	accepted, including the voter's unique identifier, to all polling
	place locations;
	(7)  time-stamp the receipt of a transmission under
	Subdivision (6); and
	(8)  produce in an electronic format compatible with
	the statewide voter registration list under Section 18.061 data for
	retention and transfer that includes:
	(A)  the polling location in which the device was
	used;
	(B)  the dated time stamp under Subdivision (5);
	and
	(C)  the dated time stamp under Subdivision (7).
	(b)  A device described by this section must be certified
	annually by the secretary of state.
	(c)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules that require a
	device described by this section used during the early voting
	period or under the countywide polling place program under Section
	43.007 to update data in real time. If a county uses a device that
	does not comply with the rule in two consecutive general elections
	for state and county officers, the secretary of state shall assess a
	noncompliance fee. The noncompliance fee shall be set at an amount
	determined by secretary of state rule.
	SECTION 2.  Section 63.003, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The poll list may be in the form of an electronic device
	approved by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall
	adopt rules governing the use of electronic poll lists.
	SECTION 3.  Section 63.004, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  A combination form may be in the form of an electronic
	device approved by the secretary of state. The secretary of state
	shall adopt rules governing the minimum requirements and approval
	of an electronic device used for any form used in connection with
	the acceptance of voters at a polling place.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4130 was passed by the House on May
	10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4130 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor