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Modifying the definitions of essential county purpose and essential corporate purpose to include cybersecurity purposes
Sponsored by the House Information Technology Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2022
- Done: House committeeFebruary 3, 2022
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 22, 202294–1
- 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 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 Counties and cities can now use certain types of borrowed money to buy or improve computer systems that protect against cyberattacks. This change allows local governments to fund cybersecurity projects without needing to ask voters for permission first. These rules apply when officials are working to prevent unauthorized access to private information or disruptions to their digital systems.1
Read the official explanation
This bill amends the definitions of “essential county purpose” and “essential corporate purpose” to include the acquisition, development, and improvement of information systems to protect against a cybersecurity event. The bill defines “cybersecurity event” as an event resulting in unauthorized access to, or the disruption or misuse of, an information system or of nonpublic information stored on an information system, as defined in the bill. Under Code chapters 331 and 384, the applicable county or city may generally contract indebtedness and approve the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out an essential county purpose or essential corporate purpose without approval by voters at an election, while the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out a general county purpose or general corporate purpose generally requires approval by voters at an election.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 24, 2022. On March 2, 2022 it recommended amendment and passage.
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Lobbying
9 for · 1 against · 19 undecided · Who →
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