Colorado 2022 Regular Session

Colorado House Bill HB1085 Compare Versions

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1	1	Second Regular Session
2	2	Seventy-third General Assembly
3	3	STATE OF COLORADO
4	4	INTRODUCED
5	5
6	6
7	7	LLS NO. 22-0555.01 Pierce Lively x2059
8	8	HOUSE BILL 22-1085
9	9	House Committees Senate Committees
10	10	State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
11	11	A BILL FOR AN ACT
12	12	C
13	13	ONCERNING PAPER BALLOT FRAUD COUNTERMEASURES .101
14	14	Bill Summary
15	15	(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
16	16	not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
17	17	passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
18	18	applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
19	19	http://leg.colorado.gov
20	20	.)
21	21	The bill requires that paper used for paper ballots have certain
22	22	fraud countermeasures and that paper ballot records be provided by
23	23	vendors that have one or more specified accreditations in any primary,
24	24	general, coordinated statewide, or statewide recall election.
25	25	The bill also requires the general assembly to annually appropriate
26	26	money from the general fund to the department of state as necessary for
27	27	the department of state to pay county clerk and recorders for the costs
28	28	related to complying with the requirements of the bill.
29	29	HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
30	30	Hanks,
31	31	SENATE SPONSORSHIP
32	32	(None),
33	33	Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
34	34	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
35	35	Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
36	36	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 1-5-414 as2
37	37	follows:3
38	38	1-5-414. Paper ballot fraud countermeasures - vendors -4
39	39	general fund appropriation. (1) C
40	40	OMMENCING WITH THE GENERAL5
41	41	ELECTION HELD IN NOVEMBER 2022, PAPER BALLOTS USED IN ANY6
42	42	PRIMARY, GENERAL, COORDINATED STATEWIDE , OR STATEWIDE RECALL7
43	43	ELECTION MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING BALLOT FRAUD8
44	44	COUNTERMEASURES :9
45	45	(a) U
46	46	NIQUE CONTROLLED-SUPPLY WATERMARKED CLEARING BANK10
47	47	SPECIFICATION ONE SECURITY PAPER;11
48	48	(b) S
49	49	ECURE HOLOGRAPHIC FOIL WITH A TOTAL SURFACE AREA OF12
50	50	BETWEEN TEN SQUARE MILLIMETERS AND TWENTY SQUARE MILLIMETERS13
51	51	AND WITH A PROPRIETARY ORIGINAL IMAGE IN VISIBLE AND14
52	52	MULTICOLORED INVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET INKS . THE VISIBLE OVERPRINT15
53	53	MUST BE TRANSLUCENT SO THAT THE HOLOGRAM IMAGE STRIKES16
54	54	THROUGH THE PRINTED IMAGE WHEN VIEWED AT DIFFERENT ANGLES AND17
55	55	MUST BE CURED IN SUCH A WAY THAT ANY TAMPERING OF THE IMAGE18
56	56	CAUSES VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE HOLOGRAM . THE HOLOGRAPHIC FOIL19
57	57	DESIGN AND ORIGINATION ARTWORK MUST BE EXCLUSIVELY OWNED AND20
58	58	CONTROLLED BY THE SECURITY PRINTER .21
59	59	(c) B
60	60	RANDED OVERPRINT OF ANY HOLOGRAM THAT PERSONALIZES22
61	61	THE HOLOGRAM WITH A CUSTOMER LOGO ;23
62	62	(d) C
63	63	USTOM COMPLEX SECURITY BACKGROUND DESIGNS WITH24
64	64	BANKNOTE-LEVEL SECURITY;25
65	65	(e) S
66	66	ECURE VARIABLE DIGITAL INFILL;26
67	67	HB22-1085-2- (f) THERMOCHROMIC, TRI-THERMOCHROMIC, PHOTOCHROMIC, OR1
68	68	OPTICALLY VARIABLE INKS;2
69	69	(g) S
70	70	TEALTH NUMBERING IN ULTRAVIOLET , INFRARED, OR3
71	71	TAGGANT INKS;4
72	72	(h) T
73	73	WO-COLOR RAINBOW PRINT INVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET5
74	74	NUMISMATIC DESIGNS WITH A FINE LINE SECURITY RELIEF DESIGN THAT6
75	75	FOLLOWS THE PRIMARY IMAGE 'S DESIGN EXACTLY AND WITH A MINIMUM7
76	76	LINE WEIGHT OF FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY -FOUR TEN THOUSANDTHS8
77	77	OF A MILLIMETER;9
78	78	(i) U
79	79	NIQUE FORENSIC FRAUD DETECTION TECHNOLOGY THAT IS10
80	80	BUILT INTO SECURITY INKS;11
81	81	(j) I
82	82	NVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET MICROTEXT WITH AN ULTRAVIOLET12
83	83	IMAGE MINIMUM HEIGHT OF THREE TENTHS OF A MILLIMETER AND13
84	84	MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF ONE-HALF OF A MILLIMETER;14
85	85	(k) R
86	86	ASTER IMAGING PRINTED ON SEVENTY -FIVE PERCENT OF THE15
87	87	DOCUMENT FACE IN A MINIMUM TWO -COLOR INVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET INK16
88	88	WITH A MINIMUM LINE WEIGHT OF TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY -TWO TEN17
89	89	THOUSANDTHS OF A MILLIMETER A ND A MAXIMUM LINE WEIGHT OF18
90	90	EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSANDTHS OF A MILLIMETER ;19
91	91	(l) T
92	92	HREE-COLOR INVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET GUILLOCHE WITH AN20
93	93	ANTI-COPY FEATURE THAT IS A CUSTOM GEOMETRIC DESIGN SPECIFIC TO21
94	94	THE DOCUMENT AND WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF SECURE FINE LINE DETAIL22
95	95	CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE LINE WEIGHTS WITH A MINIMUM LINE WEIGHT OF23
96	96	TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY -TWO THOUSANDTHS OF A MILLIMETER ;24
97	97	(m) V
98	98	ISIBLE COLORED OVERT INK WITH AN EMBEDDED COVERT ,25
99	99	NEAR-INFRARED, MACHINE-READABLE TAGGANT THAT IS CAPABLE OF26
100	100	DETECTION THROUGH PROPRIETARY INFRARED WAVELENGTH LIGHT27
101	101	HB22-1085
102	102	-3- SOURCE EXCITATION AND RELATED INFRARED WAVELENGTH EMISSION1
103	103	CHARACTERISTICS THAT CONFIRM AUTHENTICITY THROUGH A COMPLEX2
104	104	TEMPORAL MEASUREMENT WHEN READ BY A HAND -HELD, RECHARGEABLE3
105	105	BATTERY-OPERATED PROPRIETARY DETECTOR ;4
106	106	(n) A
107	107	MOLECULAR LEVEL, FORENSIC-COVERT SECURITY FEATURE5
108	108	INCLUDED IN THE INFRARED TAGGED INK PRESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION6
109	109	(1)(m)
110	110	OF THIS SECTION. THIS PROPRIETARY MOLECULAR MARKER MUST7
111	111	BE AUTHENTICATED BY LABORATORY ANALYSIS USING GAS8
112	112	CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND THE CONCENTRATION IN9
113	113	THE RELATED INK CANNOT BE MORE THAN ONE PART PER MILLION .10
114	114	(o) M
115	115	ICROPRINTING, A SECURITY RELIEF DESIGN TECHNIQUE THAT11
116	116	REQUIRES A BANKNOTE GRAPHICS SOFTWARE . THE DESIGN MUST PROTECT12
117	117	INFILL AREAS FROM FRAUDULENT ALTERATIONS .13
118	118	(p) M
119	119	ULTICOLORED INVISIBLE PRIMARY FLUORESCENT ELEMENTS14
120	120	THAT ARE PRINTED IN REGISTER TO CREATE A RAINBOW EFFECT15
121	121	BACKGROUND. THE IMAGE MUST INCORPORATE MULTIPLE SECURITY16
122	122	GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES AND MUST BE GENERATED USING17
123	123	ANTI-COUNTERFEIT DESIGN SOFTWARE THAT IS COMMERCIALLY18
124	124	AVAILABLE ONLY FOR APPROVED AND ACCREDITED PRINTERS .19
125	125	(q) S
126	126	ERIALIZED BLACK QUICK RESPONSE CODE, OTHERWISE KNOWN20
127	127	AS A "QR CODE", PRINTED ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND BOTTOM RIGHT21
128	128	CORNER THAT CAN BE READ BY NATIVE QUICK RESPONSE FUNCTIONS OF22
129	129	IOS
130	130	AND ANDROID SMARTPHONES , REDIRECTS THE VOTER TO A23
131	131	WEB-BASED VOTER INFORMATION PAGE, AND TRACKS THE VOTER'S BALLOT24
132	132	AS IT IS PROCESSED;25
133	133	(r) P
134	134	APER THAT IS EIGHT AND ONE-HALF INCHES WIDE BY NINETEEN26
135	135	TO TWENTY-TWO INCHES LONG AND THAT WEIGHS EIGHTY GRAMS PER27
136	136	HB22-1085
137	137	-4- SQUARE METER; AND1
138	138	(s) A
139	139	PAPER RECEIPT FOR THE VOTER THAT IS A PERFORATED2
140	140	PORTION OF THE BALLOT SUITABLE FOR THE VOTER TO REMOVE FROM THE3
141	141	BALLOT AFTER COMPLETING THE BALLOT AND INCLUDES THE LOT NUMBER4
142	142	AND SEQUENCE NUMBER OF THE SHEET OF PAPER ON WHICH THE BALLOT5
143	143	IS PRINTED AND A SERIALIZED BLACK QUICK RESPONSE CODE THAT CAN BE6
144	144	READ BY NATIVE QUICK RESPONSE FUNCTIONS OF IOS AND ANDROID7
145	145	SMARTPHONES, REDIRECTS THE VOTER TO A WEB -BASED VOTER8
146	146	INFORMATION PAGE, AND TRACKS THE VOTER 'S BALLOT AS IT IS9
147	147	PROCESSED.10
148	148	(2) C
149	149	OMMENCING WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN11
150	150	N
151	151	OVEMBER 2022, PAPER BALLOTS USED IN ANY GENERAL OR RECALL12
152	152	ELECTION MUST BE PROVIDED BY VENDORS WHO ARE ACCREDITED13
153	153	PURSUANT TO ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 45001, ISO/IEC14
154	154	14001,
155	155	ISO/IEC 14298, OR ISO/IEC 9001:2015 OF THE JOINT TECHNICAL15
156	156	COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR16
157	157	STANDARDIZATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL17
158	158	COMMISSION.18
159	159	(3) T
160	160	HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL ANNUALLY APPROPRIATE19
161	161	MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AS20
162	162	NECESSARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO PAY COUNTY CLERK AND21
163	163	RECORDERS FOR THE COSTS RELATED TO COMPLYING WITH THE22
164	164	REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.23
165	165	SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,24
166	166	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate25
167	167	preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.26
168	168	HB22-1085
169	169	-5-