Bill Text: TX SB621 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the position of chief information security officer in the Department of Information Resources.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB621 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB621-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 621 | ||
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| relating to the position of chief information security officer in | ||
| the Department of Information Resources. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter N-1, Chapter 2054, Government Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 2054.510 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2054.510. CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER. (a) In | ||
| this section, "state information security program" means the | ||
| policies, standards, procedures, elements, structure, strategies, | ||
| objectives, plans, metrics, reports, services, and resources that | ||
| establish the information resources security function for this | ||
| state. | ||
| (b) The executive director, using existing funds, shall | ||
| employ a chief information security officer. | ||
| (c) The chief information security officer shall oversee | ||
| cybersecurity matters for this state including: | ||
| (1) implementing the duties described by Section | ||
| 2054.059; | ||
| (2) responding to reports received under Section | ||
| 2054.1125; | ||
| (3) developing a statewide information security | ||
| framework; | ||
| (4) overseeing the development of statewide | ||
| information security policies and standards; | ||
| (5) collaborating with state agencies, local | ||
| governmental entities, and other entities operating or exercising | ||
| control over state information systems or state-controlled data to | ||
| strengthen this state's cybersecurity and information security | ||
| policies, standards, and guidelines; | ||
| (6) overseeing the implementation of the policies, | ||
| standards, and guidelines developed under Subdivisions (3) and (4); | ||
| (7) providing information security leadership, | ||
| strategic direction, and coordination for the state information | ||
| security program; | ||
| (8) providing strategic direction to: | ||
| (A) the network security center established | ||
| under Section 2059.101; and | ||
| (B) statewide technology centers operated under | ||
| Subchapter L; and | ||
| (9) overseeing the preparation and submission of the | ||
| report described by Section 2054.0591. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 621 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 19, 2023, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 621 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, | ||
| Nays 1, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
