Bill > HB0026

This bill amends provisions related to voting equipment by expanding the definition of "voting equipment" to include any component of automatic tabulating equipment, voting devices, or voting machines, and it requires election officers to conduct logic and accuracy tests, protect the physical security of voting equipment, and ensure it is not capable of wireless communication, with an exception for electronic pollbooks and official registers. The bill also mandates that the lieutenant governor certify voting equipment based on industry-accepted security testing protocols and standards that ensure accuracy, reliability, access controls, tamper-proofing, error identification, and ballot secrecy, and it establishes a Voting Equipment Selection Committee with specific expertise to assist the lieutenant governor in procuring new voting equipment systems, requiring a public review and comment period before any purchase. Furthermore, the bill renumbers and amends the section on voting equipment for casting a mechanical ballot to align with updated requirements, ensuring it produces a permanent paper record for recounts and contests, and it updates the lieutenant governor's duties as chief election officer to include ensuring all purchased voting equipment complies with these updated sections. This bill takes effect on May 6, 2026.

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