Tex. Elec. Code § 279.002 · Chapter 279. CYBERSECURITY OF ELECTION SYSTEMS
ELECTION CYBERSECURITY: SECRETARY OF STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The secretary of state shall adopt rules defining classes of protected election data and establishing best practices for identifying and reducing risk to the electronic use, storage, and transmission of election data and the security of election systems.
(b) The secretary of state shall offer training on best practices:
(1) on an annual basis, to all appropriate personnel in the secretary of state's office; and
(2) on request, to county election officers in this state.
(c) If the secretary of state becomes aware of a breach of cybersecurity that impacts election data, the secretary shall immediately notify the members of the standing committees of each house of the legislature with jurisdiction over elections.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1069 (H.B. 1421), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.279.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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