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Relating to the auditing of election management systems and including effective date provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 1, 2022
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The state commissioner of elections will hire independent cybersecurity companies to perform deep technical checks on county voting systems. These companies will examine server traffic and create digital copies of the systems to look for any issues. After the work is done, the firms must give a report of what they found to the state commissioner and the legislature.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to audits of county voting systems. The bill requires the state commissioner of elections to request proposals from independent cyber security firms to perform forensic audits of county voting systems. The bill includes requirements for which systems shall be audited. The state commissioner of elections shall publish requirements that an independent cyber security firm must meet in order to perform the audit. The firm selected by the state commissioner of elections shall capture a forensic image of the voting systems to be examined and shall analyze the server traffic in the image, including packet captures and the origin of each internet security protocol address that accessed the server. The firm shall submit a report of its findings to the state commissioner of elections and the general assembly by October 1, 2022. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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