Texas Senate passes election reform bill

By Mike Brest

Published April 1, 2021 9:35pm ET

Texas Senate passes election reform bill — A man votes on the only machine working shortly after polls opened in Georgia's Senate runoff elections at a senior center, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Acworth, Ga. Election systems in the U.S. are vulnerable to cyber intrusions similar to the one that hit federal agencies and numerous businesses last year and remain a potential target for foreign hacking, according to a report released Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. | (Branden Camp/AP)

The Republican-led Texas Senate passed an election reform bill.

The legislative body voted 18-13 on SB 7 Thursday morning after over seven hours of debate and several amendments to the legislation. The final language of the bill has not been released publicly.

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