Bill Text: IL HB5399 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Information Security Improvement Act. Provides that no State agency shall use any software platform developed, in whole or in part, by Kaspersky Lab or any entity of which Kaspersky Lab holds majority ownership. Provides that the Department of Innovation and Technology shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the provisions. Provides legislative findings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5399 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5399-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Legislative Findings. The General hereby finds | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | and declares that:
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6 | (1) The State of Illinois faces constantly evolving | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | threats to its information technology systems. These | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | treats can range from individuals to state or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | state-sponsored actors including, China, Iran, North | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Korea, and Russia. To counter this threat, the State of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Illinois needs to contract with outside vendors to obtain | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the latest in cybersecurity software. In addition to being | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | effective, it is equally important that the software | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | obtained can be relied upon not to provide a hostile actor | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | access to the State's information technology systems.
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16 | (2) Kaspersky Lab is a Russian cybersecurity company | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | founded in 1997 by Eugene Kaspersky, and based in Moscow, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Russia. The company's founder, Eugene Kaspersky, also has a | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | history with Russian intelligence activities and was | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | educated at the Technical Faculty of the KGB Higher School.
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21 | (3) Under Russian law, their Federal Security Service, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | the successor to the KGB, can compel a telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | business to install software to assist in its operations | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | and can assign officers to work at a company.
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1 | (4) The federal Government has already prohibited | ||||||
2 | Kaspersky Lab's products from being used by the federal | ||||||
3 | Government in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. | ||||||
4 | When 6 heads of United States intelligence agencies were | ||||||
5 | asked during a United States Senate Committee on | ||||||
6 | Intelligence hearing if they would install Kaspersky | ||||||
7 | software on their own computers, all replied no.
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8 | (5) Because the federal government has determined that | ||||||
9 | the use of software obtained from Kaspersky Lab would be a | ||||||
10 | national security threat, use of Kaspersky Lab software | ||||||
11 | would also be a threat to the security of the State of | ||||||
12 | Illinois.
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13 | Section 5. The Illinois Information Security Improvement | ||||||
14 | Act is amended by adding Section 5-30 as follows:
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15 | (20 ILCS 1375/5-30 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 5-30. Cybersecurity software prohibited. No State | ||||||
17 | agency shall use any software platform developed, in whole or | ||||||
18 | in part, by Kaspersky Lab or any entity of which Kaspersky Lab | ||||||
19 | holds majority ownership. The Department shall adopt rules as | ||||||
20 | necessary to implement this Section.
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