Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
Arizona SB1123: watermark; paper ballots
Status: Vetoed, April 18, 2025
SB1123 - watermark; paper ballots
What the bill says
An act Repealing section 16-504, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 16-504; relating to election ballots.
From the engrossed text, February 27, 2025:
AN ACT Repealing section 16-504, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 16-504; relating to election ballots. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Repeal Section 16-504, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed. Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 16-504, to vendor certification; antifraud measures Notwithstanding any other statute, any vendor that provides fraud countermeasures that are contained in and on the paper used for ballots shall be ISO 27001 certified, ISO 17025 certified or ISO 9001:2015 certified. Ballot fraud countermeasures shall include the use of at least three of the following: 1. Unique, controlled-supply watermarked clearing bank specification 1 security paper. 2. Secure holographic foil that acts as a visual deterrent and anti-copy feature. 3. Branded overprint of any hologram that personalizes the hologram with customer logo. 4. Custom complex security background designs with banknote-level security. 5. Secure variable digital infill. 6. Thermochromic, tri-thermochromic, photochromic or optically variable inks. 7. Stealth numbering in ultraviolet, infrared or taggant inks. 8. Multicolored micro-numismatic invisible ultraviolet designs. 9. Unique forensic fraud detection technology that is built into security inks. 10. Unique bar code or QR code that is accessible only to the voter and that tracks the voter's …
Sponsors
- Mark Finchem (R, SD-001) · primary sponsor
- Angius, Hildy (R, SD-030)
- Timothy Dunn (R, HD-025)
- John Kavanagh (R, SD-003)
- Leach, Venden "Vince" (R, SD-017)
- Kevin Payne (R, HD-027)
- Wendy Rogers (R, SD-007)
- Janae Shamp (R, SD-029)
Latest actions
- : Governor Vetoed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Passed
- : do pass
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
- : Assigned to Rules
- : Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections: do pass
- : Assigned to Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
- : Passed
- : do pass
Votes
- House - Third Reading (April 15, 2025): 31 yea, 21 nay, passed
- House - Committee of the Whole (DP) (April 1, 2025): 0 yea, 0 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (March 24, 2025): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Rules Committee Action (C&P) (March 24, 2025): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee Action (DP) (March 19, 2025): 4 yea, 2 nay, passed
- FMAE DP (March 19, 2025): 4 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1123?
- SB1123 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)): watermark; paper ballots.
- What does SB1123 do?
- In its own words: An act Repealing section 16-504, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 4, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 16-504; relating to election ballots.
- What is the status of SB1123?
- Vetoed as of April 18, 2025. Latest action: Governor Vetoed (April 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1123?
- Mark Finchem (R, SD-001), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1123?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81995/?SessionId=129
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