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HF 2555Died when the session ended · March 22, 2022

Establishing the cybersecurity simulation training center at the Iowa state university of science and technology

Sponsored by the House Appropriations (successor To Hsb 669) Committee

Topics:Higher educationJobs & workersTechnology & privacy

Same legislation: HSB 669, HF 2361

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2022
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2022
  3. Done: House committeeMarch 10, 2022
  4. Done: Passes the HouseMarch 22, 202292–2
  5. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 Iowa State University will host a new center focused on training people to fight cyberattacks. This center will provide research, training exercises, and competitions for students, teachers, businesses, and government agencies. Its goal is to help people learn how to stop digital threats and fix damage from cyberattacks.1

Read the official explanation

This bill establishes the cybersecurity simulation training center at the Iowa state university of science and technology. The bill requires the center to conduct and sponsor research and activities that enable persons to develop strategies to counter cybersecurity threats and mitigate the damage resulting from a cybersecurity attack. The bill provides that the center shall be available to businesses, state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, students, and educators, and shall support cybersecurity training exercises, case studies, student events and competitions, training exercises for educators, and cybersecurity workforce development.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named March 30, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§266.50

How the Code works3

Lobbying

5 for · 0 against · 12 undecided · Who →

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