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AZ SB1057

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/23/2026

Primary Sponsor

Mark Finchem

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Requires vendors providing ballot paper fraud countermeasures to hold ISO 27001, ISO 17025, or ISO 9001:2015 certification

  • Mandates that ballot paper include at least three antifraud measures from a specified list of ten security features

  • Authorized security features include unique watermarked paper, secure holographic foil, custom security background designs with banknote-level security, and thermochromic or optically variable inks

  • Additional permitted features include stealth numbering using ultraviolet, infrared, or taggant inks, forensic fraud detection technology built into security inks, and multicolored micro-numismatic invisible ultraviolet designs

  • Allows unique bar codes or QR codes accessible only to voters to track their ballots through processing

Legislative Description

Fraud countermeasures; paper ballots

Repeal

Last Action

House minority caucus: Do pass

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules2/23/2026
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections2/23/2026
Rules1/12/2026
Judiciary and Elections1/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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