H.B. No. 574         AN ACT   relating to the creation of criminal offenses involving elections.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 276, Election Code, is amended by adding   Section 276.014 to read as follows:          Sec. 276.014.  OTHER ELECTION OFFENSES.  (a)  A person   commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally makes   any effort to:                (1)  count votes the person knows are invalid or alter a   report to include votes the person knows are invalid; or                (2)  refuse to count votes the person knows are valid or   alter a report to exclude votes the person knows are valid.          (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second   degree.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 574 was passed by the House on April   16, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 95, Nays 49, 1 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 574 on May 18, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 94, Nays 48, 1   present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 574 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 12, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 21, Nays   9.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor