By: Israel (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1001          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;   April 19, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State   Affairs; May 1, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 1, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to recording of minutes for a local canvassing authority.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 67.004, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:          (g)  The presiding officer of the canvassing authority shall   note the completion of the canvass in the minutes or in the   recording required by Section 551.021, Government Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *