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  89R14227 MPF-D     By: Schatzline H.B. No. 4047       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of paper ballots in conducting an election.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 125, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 125.0071 to read as follows:           Sec.   125.0071.     PROVISION OF PAPER BALLOT. An election   officer at a polling place where an electronic voting system is used   must provide a paper ballot to be marked by hand to each voter who   requests one.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an election held on or after the effective date of this Act.  An   election held before the effective date of this Act is governed by   the law in effect when the election was held, and that law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.