H.F. 2077 Section 1. Section 43.27, Code 2022, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 43.27 Printing of ballots. 3 1. The text printed on ballots of each political party 4 shall be in black ink, on separate sheets of paper, uniform 5 in quality, texture, and size, with the name of the political 6 party printed at the head of the ballots, which ballots shall 7 be prepared by the commissioner in the same manner as for the 8 general election, except as provided in this chapter . The 9 commissioner may print the ballots for each political party 10 using a different color for each party. If colored paper is 11 used, all of the ballots for each separate party shall be 12 uniform in color. 13 2. Ballots shall be printed on unique, controlled-supply 14 watermarked clearing bank specification 1 security paper with 15 all of the following characteristics: 16 a. Secure holographic foil that is a minimum of ten square 17 millimeters and a maximum of twenty square millimeters with 18 a proprietary original image in visible and multiple-color 19 invisible ultraviolet inks. The visible overprint must be 20 translucent so that the hologram image strikes through the 21 printed image when viewed at different angles and must be cured 22 in such a way that any tampering of the image causes visible 23 damage to the hologram. The holographic foil design and 24 origination artwork must be exclusively owned and controlled 25 by the security printer. 26 b. Branded overprint of any hologram that personalizes the 27 hologram with customer logo. 28 c. Custom complex security background designs with 29 banknote-level security. 30 d. Secure variable digital infill. 31 e. Thermochromic, tri-thermochromic, photochromic, or 32 optically variable inks. 33 f. Stealth numbering in ultraviolet, infrared, or taggant 34 inks. 35 -1- LSB 5135YH (4) 89 ss/jh 1/ 6

H.F. 2077 g. Two-color rainbow print invisible ultraviolet numismatic 1 designs with fine line security relief design that follows the 2 primary image’s design exactly and with a minimum line weight 3 of four hundred twenty-four ten thousandths millimeters. 4 h. Unique forensic fraud detection technology that is built 5 into security inks. 6 i. Invisible ultraviolet microtext with an ultraviolet image 7 minimum height of three-tenths millimeters and maximum height 8 of five-tenths millimeters. 9 j. Raster imaging printed on seventy-five percent of the 10 document face in a minimum two-color invisible ultraviolet 11 ink with a minimum line weight of two hundred forty-two 12 ten thousandths millimeters and a maximum line weight of 13 eighty-four thousandths millimeters. 14 k. Three-color invisible ultraviolet guilloche with an 15 anticopy feature that is a custom geometric design specific to 16 the document and with a high level of secure fine line detail 17 consisting of multiple line weight and a minimum line weight of 18 two hundred forty-two thousandths millimeters. 19 l. Visible colored overt ink with embedded covert, near 20 infrared machine-readable taggant that is capable of detection 21 through proprietary infrared wavelength light source excitation 22 and related infrared wavelength emission characteristics that 23 confirm authenticity through a complex temporal measurement 24 when read by a handheld, rechargeable, battery-operated 25 proprietary detector. 26 m. Molecular level, forensic-covert security feature 27 included in the infrared tagged ink prescribed in paragraph 28 “l” . The proprietary molecular marker must be authenticated by 29 laboratory analysis using gas chromatography mass spectrometry 30 and the concentration in the related ink cannot be more than 31 one part per million. 32 n. Microprinting that requires banknote graphics software 33 and protects infill areas from fraudulent alterations. 34 o. Multicolor invisible primary fluorescent elements that 35 -2- LSB 5135YH (4) 89 ss/jh 2/ 6

H.F. 2077 are printed in register to create a rainbow effect background. 1 The image must incorporate multiple security graphic techniques 2 and must be generated using anticounterfeit design software 3 that is commercially available only for approved and accredited 4 printers. 5 p. Serialized black quick response code in which the same 6 code is printed on the top left corner and bottom right corner 7 and that can be read by native quick response functions on 8 personal electronic devices that redirect the voter to an 9 internet-based voter information page and that tracks the 10 voter’s ballot as it is processed. 11 q. Paper that is eight and one-half inches wide by twenty- 12 two inches long and that weighs eighty grams per square meter. 13 r. A paper receipt for the voter that is a perforated 14 portion of the ballot that is suitable for the voter to remove 15 from the ballot after completing the ballot and that contains 16 the lot number and sequence number of the sheet of paper on 17 which the ballot is printed. 18 3. A vendor that provides fraud countermeasures that are 19 contained in or on the paper used for ballots shall be ISO 20 27001 certified, ISO 17025 certified, ISO 45001 certified, 21 ISO 14001 certified, ISO 14298 certified, or ISO 9001:2015 22 certified. 23 Sec. 2. Section 49.57, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended 24 to read as follows: 25 1. They The ballots shall be on unique, controlled-supply 26 watermarked clearing bank specification 1 security paper 27 uniform in color, through which the printing or writing cannot 28 be read , with all of the following characteristics: 29 a. Secure holographic foil that is a minimum of ten square 30 millimeters and a maximum of twenty square millimeters with 31 a proprietary original image in visible and multiple-color 32 invisible ultraviolet inks. The visible overprint must be 33 translucent so that the hologram image strikes through the 34 printed image when viewed at different angles and must be cured 35 -3- LSB 5135YH (4) 89 ss/jh 3/ 6

H.F. 2077 in such a way that any tampering of the image causes visible 1 damage to the hologram. The holographic foil design and 2 origination artwork must be exclusively owned and controlled 3 by the security printer . 4 b. Branded overprint of any hologram that personalizes the 5 hologram with customer logo. 6 c. Custom complex security background designs with 7 banknote-level security. 8 d. Secure variable digital infill. 9 e. Thermochromic, tri-thermochromic, photochromic, or 10 optically variable inks. 11 f. Stealth numbering in ultraviolet, infrared, or taggant 12 inks. 13 g. Two-color rainbow print invisible ultraviolet numismatic 14 designs with fine line security relief design that follows the 15 primary image’s design exactly and with a minimum line weight 16 of four hundred twenty-four ten-thousandths millimeters. 17 h. Unique forensic fraud detection technology that is built 18 into security inks. 19 i. Invisible ultraviolet microtext with an ultraviolet image 20 minimum height of three-tenths millimeters and maximum height 21 of five-tenths millimeters. 22 j. Raster imaging printed on seventy-five percent of the 23 document face in a minimum two-color invisible ultraviolet ink 24 with a minimum line weight of two hundred forty-two thousandths 25 millimeters and a maximum line weight of eighty-four 26 thousandths millimeters. 27 k. Three-color invisible ultraviolet guilloche with an 28 anticopy feature that is a custom geometric design specific to 29 the document and with a high level of secure fine line detail 30 consisting of multiple line weight and a minimum line weight of 31 two hundred forty-two thousandths millimeters. 32 l. Visible colored overt ink with embedded covert, near 33 infrared machine-readable taggant that is capable of detection 34 through proprietary infrared wavelength light source excitation 35 -4- LSB 5135YH (4) 89 ss/jh 4/ 6

H.F. 2077 and related infrared wavelength emission characteristics that 1 confirm authenticity through a complex temporal measurement 2 when read by a handheld, rechargeable, battery-operated 3 proprietary detector. 4 m. Molecular level, forensic-covert security feature 5 included in the infrared tagged ink prescribed in paragraph 6 “l” . The proprietary molecular marker must be authenticated by 7 laboratory analysis using gas chromatography mass spectrometry 8 and the concentration in the related ink cannot be more than 9 one part per million. 10 n. Microprinting that requires banknote graphics software 11 and protects infill areas from fraudulent alterations. 12 o. Multicolor invisible primary fluorescent elements that 13 are printed in register to create a rainbow effect background. 14 The image must incorporate multiple security graphic techniques 15 and must be generated using anticounterfeit design software 16 that is commercially available only for approved and accredited 17 printers. 18 p. Serialized black quick response code in which the same 19 code is printed on the top left corner and bottom right corner 20 and that can be read by native quick response functions on 21 personal electronic devices that redirect the voter to an 22 internet-based voter information page and that tracks the 23 voter’s ballot as it is processed. 24 q. Paper that is eight and one-half inches wide by twenty- 25 two inches long and that weighs eighty grams per square meter. 26 r. A paper receipt for the voter that is a perforated 27 portion of the ballot that is suitable for the voter to remove 28 from the ballot after completing the ballot and that contains 29 the lot number and sequence number of the sheet of paper on 30 which the ballot is printed. 31 Sec. 3. Section 49.57, Code 2022, is amended by adding the 32 following new subsection: 33 NEW SUBSECTION . 8. A vendor that provides fraud 34 countermeasures that are contained in or on the paper used for 35 -5- LSB 5135YH (4) 89 ss/jh 5/ 6

H.F. 2077 ballots shall be ISO 27001 certified, ISO 17025 certified, ISO 1 45001 certified, ISO 14001 certified, ISO 14298 certified, or 2 ISO 9001:2015 certified. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill relates to the printing of ballots. The bill 7 requires each ballot to be printed on unique, controlled-supply 8 watermarked clearing bank specification 1 security paper and 9 includes a number of security measures enumerated in the bill. 10 The bill also requires a vendor that provides ballot security 11 measures to hold one or more security-related certifications. 12 -6- LSB 5135YH (4) 89 ss/jh 6/ 6