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Prohibiting the state and political subdivisions of the state from expending public moneys for payment to persons responsible for ransomware attacks
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 9, 2022
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 State and local governments, including cities, counties, and school districts, are not allowed to use public money to pay people who carry out ransomware attacks. This rule applies even if the government only reasonably believes a person is responsible for the attack. The law prevents these groups from paying hackers who lock up data or computer systems to demand money.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits the state and a political subdivision of the state from expending public moneys for payment to persons responsible for ransomware attacks. The bill defines “encryption” as the use of an algorithmic process to transform data into a form in which the data is rendered unreadable or unusable without the use of a confidential process or key. The bill defines “political subdivision” as a city, county, township, or school district.1; or the use of any form of software that results in the unauthorized encryption of data, the denial of access to data, the denial of access to a computer, or the denial of access to a computer system. The bill provides that the state and a political subdivision of the state shall not expend public moneys for payment to a person responsible for, or reasonably believed to be responsible for, a ransomware attack.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 9, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
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- SF 2080 Prohibiting the state and political subdivisions of the state from expending public moneys…88th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2391 · same titleCleared committee
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