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This bill modifies the Maryland Cybersecurity Council by significantly expanding its membership, changing its leadership structure, and broadening its responsibilities. The Council will now include representatives from a wider range of organizations, such as specific universities, technology and economic development organizations, and critical infrastructure sectors like banking, hospitals, water systems, and electric companies. Starting October 1, 2025, the Council will elect its own chair and vice chair from among its members, with the requirement that one be a state employee and one a non-state employee. The bill also expands the Council's mission to include assessing cybersecurity threats from emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing, identifying critical cyber infrastructure at risk of potentially catastrophic attacks, helping infrastructure entities comply with federal cybersecurity guidance, recommending a comprehensive state cybersecurity strategy, addressing privacy concerns, and examining emerging technological threats like deepfake technologies and adversarial AI. The bill requires the Council to review and adjust its operational structure and implement appropriate bylaws by December 1, 2025, with the changes taking effect on October 1, 2025.

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