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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 21, 2020
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 10, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill establishes a cyber crime investigation division to investigate crimes with a nexus to the internet or computer technology including crimes involving child exploitation and cyber intrusion. The bill directs the commissioner of public safety to dedicate two or more full-time employees within the division to investigate cyber crime and allows additional staff to be hired. The bill gives the division the authority to conduct investigations and forensic analyses of criminal cases involving computer technology, research and provide training to assist governmental agencies in prosecuting cases related H.F. _____ to cyber crime, and provide investigative and prosecutorial assistance to governmental agencies involved with cyber crime.
House subcommittee
Named January 30, 2020. On February 18, 2020 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Fiscal note
Due to the complex nature of the investigative and forensic examinations that would be completed by the Cyber Crime Investigation Unit established by HF 2568, the DPS estimates that it would need to hire both a new investigator and a new forensic examiner. These positions would be classified as Special Agent 2 positions.
- Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau · March 4, 2020
- Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau · February 28, 2020
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