89R31199 MLH-F     By: Hall, et al. S.B. No. 2753     (Isaac)     Substitute the following for S.B. No. 2753:  No.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study on the feasibility of integrating early voting   by personal appearance and election day voting, including the   manner in which election returns are processed and other related   changes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 31.023 to read as follows:          Sec. 31.023.  STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF EARLY VOTING AND   ELECTION DAY VOTING INTEGRATION. (a)  The secretary of state shall   conduct a study examining the feasibility and necessary practices   and procedures to integrate early voting by personal appearance and   election day voting, including by adjusting the manner in which   election returns are processed and making other related changes.          (b)  In conducting the study, the secretary of state shall   determine the costs, logistics, and methods required for a county   holding an election to:                (1)  conduct early voting beginning on the 12th day   before election day and continuing through the day before election   day, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays;                (2)  designate as locations for polling places on   election day each location designated as a polling place during the   early voting period;                (3)  provide for the security of voting systems and   equipment during the early voting period and between the early   voting period and election day; and                (4)  process and tabulate early voting ballots voted by   personal appearance to be counted using automatic tabulating   equipment in the same manner as ballots voted on election day at the   same polling place.          (c)  Not later than September 1, 2026, the secretary of state   shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker   of the house of representatives, and each standing committee of the   legislature with jurisdiction over elections a report on the   findings of the study, including any statutory changes necessary to   the Election Code for elections in this state to be conducted in the   manner described by Subsection (b).          (d)  This section expires January 1, 2027.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.