Bill > H7055

Introduced Session

An act relating to cybersecurity; amending s. 252.351, F.S.; requiring a list of reportable incidents maintained by the Division of Emergency Management to include cybersecurity incidents and ransomware incidents; requiring a political subdivision to report cybersecurity incidents and ransomware incidents to the State Watch Office; amending s. 282.0041, F.S.; providing definitions; amending s. 282.318, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to develop and publish guidelines and processes for reporting cybersecurity incidents to certain entities; requiring a state agency to report certain information following a cybersecurity or ransomware incident; requiring the department, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to develop and publish guidelines for the submission of after-action reports, provide annual cybersecurity training to certain persons, and provide after-action reports to the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council on a monthly basis; requiring state agency heads to annually provide cybersecurity awareness training to certain persons and report cybersecurity incidents, ransomware incidents, and cybersecurity breaches to specified entities; hb7055-00 HB 7055 requiring ransomware incidents to be reported within a certain period; requiring state agency heads to submit certain after-action reports to the Florida Digital Service; creating s. 282.3185, F.S.; providing a short title; providing a definition; requiring the Florida Digital Service to develop certain cybersecurity training curriculum; requiring certain persons to complete certain training within a specified period and annually thereafter; authorizing the Florida Digital Service to provide certain training in collaboration with certain entities; requiring certain local governments to adopt certain cybersecurity standards by specified dates; requiring a local government to provide certain notification to the Florida Digital Service; requiring a local government to notify the State Watch Office and sheriff of a cybersecurity incident or ransomware incident; providing notification requirements; requiring the office to immediately forward certain information to the Cybersecurity Operations Center and the Cybercrime Office of the Department of Law Enforcement; authorizing the Cybersecurity Operations Center and the Cybercrime Office to provide certain support to a local government; requiring the Cybersecurity Operations Center to provide certain information to hb7055-00 HB 7055 the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council; requiring a local government to submit to the Florida Digital Service an after-action report containing certain information; requiring the Florida Digital Service to provide after-action reports to the council on a monthly basis; requiring the Florida Digital Service to establish certain guidelines by a specified date; creating s. 282.3186, F.S.; prohibiting certain entities from paying or otherwise complying with a ransom demand; amending s. 282.319, F.S.; revising the purpose of the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council to include advising counties and municipalities on cybersecurity; requiring the council to meet at least quarterly to review certain information and develop and make certain recommendations; requiring the council to annually submit to the Governor and the Legislature a certain ransomware incident report beginning on a specified date; providing requirements for the report; providing a definition; creating s. 815.062, F.S.; providing a definition; providing criminal penalties; requiring a person convicted of certain offenses to pay a certain fine; requiring deposit of certain moneys in the General Revenue Fund; providing a legislative finding and declaration of an important state interest; providing an effective date. hb7055-00 HB 7055

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Jason Fischer (R)*,  Mike Giallombardo (R)*,  Bryan Ávila (R),  Melony Bell (R),  Mike Beltran (R),  Daisy Morales (D),  Rick Roth (R),  John Snyder (R), 

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Ordered enrolled (on 03/09/2022)

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