00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 131                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to voting machines and vote tally systems; and providing for an                                        
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 15.20.910 is amended to read:                                                                      
05 Sec. 15.20.910. Standards for voting machines and vote tally systems. The                                             
06 director may approve a voting machine or vote tally system for use in an election in                                    
07 the state upon consideration of factors relevant to the administration of state elections,                              
08 including whether the [FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION HAS CERTIFIED                                                        
09 THE VOTING MACHINE OR VOTE TALLY SYSTEM TO BE IN COMPLIANCE                                                             
10 WITH THE VOTING SYSTEM STANDARDS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL                                                                
11 ELECTION COMMISSION AS REQUIRED BY 42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(5) (HELP                                                          
12 AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002). THE DIRECTOR MAY ONLY APPROVE A]                                                             
13 voting machine or vote tally system meets the United States Election Assistance                                     
14 Commission's voluntary voting system guidelines and is certified by the                                             

01       commission. A voting machine or vote tally system must use only open-source                                   
02       software technology and satisfy [IF THE MACHINE OR SYSTEM SATISFIES] the                                      
03       requirements of AS 15.15.032(c).                                                                                
04    * Sec. 2. AS 15.20.910 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
05            (b)  In this section, "open-source software technology" means the complete                                   
06       source code for the software is available to the public, under the terms of a license, to                         
07       use, modify, or distribute freely without payment of royalties or other consideration.                            
08    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2023.