Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1057: watermark; paper ballots
Status: Vetoed, June 19, 2026
SB1057 - (NOW: fraud countermeasures; 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 23, 2026:
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) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: 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 Repeal Section 16-504, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.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 …
Sponsors
- Mark Finchem (R, SD-001) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Governor Vetoed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : House third reading passed (32 votes)
- : Transmitted to Senate
- : Passed
- : House Committee of the Whole
- : do pass
- : House read second time
- : House read first time
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
Votes
- THIRD Passed (June 11, 2026): 32 yea, 25 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (March 9, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FMAE DP (March 4, 2026): 4 yea, 3 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (February 23, 2026): 16 yea, 11 nay, passed
- JUDE DP (January 14, 2026): 4 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1057?
- SB1057 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): watermark; paper ballots.
- What does SB1057 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 SB1057?
- Vetoed as of June 19, 2026. Latest action: Governor Vetoed (June 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1057?
- Mark Finchem (R, SD-001).
- Where is the official record for SB1057?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83681/?SessionId=130
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