Bill Text: IA HF2174 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the auditing of election management systems and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-01 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 152. [HF2174 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2174-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
SALMON
,
CISNEROS
,
SHIPLEY
,
and
WESTRICH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
auditing
of
election
management
systems
1
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
ELECTION
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS
——
AUDITING.
1
1.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
commission
an
2
independent
private
cyber
security
firm
to
perform
an
audit
of
3
election
management
systems
in
nine
counties,
randomly
selected
4
as
follows:
5
a.
Three
counties
with
a
population
of
forty
thousand
or
6
greater,
one
of
which
utilizes
systems
manufactured
by
unisyn,
7
one
of
which
utilizes
systems
manufactured
by
election
systems
8
and
software,
and
one
of
which
utilizes
systems
manufactured
9
by
dominion.
10
b.
Three
counties
with
a
population
of
greater
than
ten
11
thousand
but
fewer
than
forty
thousand,
one
of
which
utilizes
12
systems
manufactured
by
unisyn,
one
of
which
utilizes
systems
13
manufactured
by
election
systems
and
software,
and
one
of
which
14
utilizes
systems
manufactured
by
dominion.
15
c.
Three
counties
with
a
population
of
ten
thousand
or
16
fewer,
one
of
which
utilizes
systems
manufactured
by
unisyn,
17
one
of
which
utilizes
systems
manufactured
by
election
systems
18
and
software,
and
one
of
which
utilizes
systems
manufactured
19
by
dominion.
20
2.
The
audit
shall
capture
a
forensic
image
of
examined
21
election
management
systems,
which
shall
include
voting
22
machines,
software,
and
servers,
and
which
shall
cover
the
time
23
period
beginning
on
September
1,
2020,
and
ending
on
the
day
24
the
image
is
created.
The
server
traffic
of
the
forensic
image
25
shall
be
analyzed,
including
packet
captures
showing
whether
26
all
activity
was
authorized
and
showing
the
origin
of
each
27
internet
service
protocol
address
present
on
the
image.
28
3.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
publish
29
necessary
qualifications
that
an
independent
private
cyber
30
security
firm
must
meet
to
perform
an
audit
under
this
section.
31
4.
The
state
commissioner
shall
request
proposals
from
32
independent
private
cyber
security
firms
to
perform
an
audit
33
under
this
section,
and
shall
select
a
firm
that
meets
the
34
requirements
published
pursuant
to
subsection
3.
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5.
The
independent
private
cyber
security
firm
selected
by
1
the
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
submit
a
report
of
2
its
findings
to
the
state
commissioner
of
elections
and
general
3
assembly
by
October
1,
2022.
4
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
5
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
relates
to
audits
of
county
voting
systems.
The
10
bill
requires
the
state
commissioner
of
elections
to
request
11
proposals
from
independent
cyber
security
firms
to
perform
12
forensic
audits
of
county
voting
systems.
The
bill
includes
13
requirements
for
which
systems
shall
be
audited.
The
state
14
commissioner
of
elections
shall
publish
requirements
that
an
15
independent
cyber
security
firm
must
meet
in
order
to
perform
16
the
audit.
The
firm
selected
by
the
state
commissioner
of
17
elections
shall
capture
a
forensic
image
of
the
voting
systems
18
to
be
examined
and
shall
analyze
the
server
traffic
in
the
19
image,
including
packet
captures
and
the
origin
of
each
20
internet
security
protocol
address
that
accessed
the
server.
21
The
firm
shall
submit
a
report
of
its
findings
to
the
state
22
commissioner
of
elections
and
the
general
assembly
by
October
23
1,
2022.
24
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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