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HOUSE BILL 376
P1, S2 5lr1418
CF SB 294
By: Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
Introduced and read first time: January 16, 2025
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: February 22, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Maryland Cybersecurity Council – Membership – Alterations 2
FOR the purpose of altering the membership, selection of the membership, and chair of the 3
Maryland Cybersecurity Council; and generally relating to Maryland Cybersecurity 4
Council membership. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6
Article – State Government 7
Section 9–2901(b) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – State Government 12
Section 9–2901(c) and (f) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
BY repealing 16
Article – State Government 17
Section 9–2901(g) 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 20
BY adding to 21 2 HOUSE BILL 376
Article – State Government 1
Section 9–2901(g) 2
Annotated Code of Maryland 3
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 4
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 5
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 6
Article – State Government 7
9–2901. 8
(b) There is a Maryland Cybersecurity Council. 9
(c) The Council consists of the following members: 10
(1) the Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee; 11
(2) the Secretary of Information Technology, or the Secretary’s designee; 12
(3) the Secretary of State Police, or the Secretary’s designee; 13
(4) the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary’s designee; 14
(5) the Adjutant General, or the Adjutant General’s designee; 15
(6) the State Administrator of Elections, or the State Administrator’s 16
designee; 17
(7) the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security, 18
or the Executive Director’s designee; 19
(8) the Director of the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center, or the 20
Director’s designee; 21
(9) the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary’s designee; 22
(10) the Chief Executive Officer of the Maryland Technology Development 23
Corporation, or the Chief Executive Officer’s designee; 24
(11) the Chair of the Tech Council of Maryland, or the Chair’s designee; 25
(12) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CYBERSECURITY 26
ASSOCIATION, INC., OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S DESIGNEE; 27
(12) (13) the President of the Fort Meade Alliance, or the President’s 28
designee; 29 HOUSE BILL 376 3
(13) (14) the President of the Army Alliance, or the President’s designee; 1
and 2
(14) (15) the following members appointed by the [Attorney General] 3
GOVERNOR: 4
(i) five representatives of cybersecurity companies located in the 5
State, with at least three representing cybersecurity companies with 50 or fewer employees; 6
(ii) four representatives from statewide or regional business 7
associations; 8
(iii) up to ten representatives from institutions of higher education 9
located in the State; 10
(iv) one representative of a crime victims organization; 11
(v) four representatives from industries that may be susceptible to 12
attacks on cybersecurity, including at least one representative of a bank, whether or not 13
State–chartered, that has a branch in the State; 14
(vi) two representatives of organizations that have expertise in 15
electronic health care records; and 16
(vii) any other stakeholder that the [Attorney General] GOVERNOR 17
determines appropriate. 18
(f) The [Attorney General] GOVERNOR also shall invite, as appropriate, the 19
following representatives of federal agencies to serve on the Council: 20
(1) the Director of the National Security Agency, or the Director’s designee; 21
(2) the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary’s designee; 22
(3) the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, or the 23
Director’s designee; 24
(4) the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, or 25
the Director’s designee; and 26
(5) any other federal agency that the Attorney General determines 27
appropriate. 28
[(g) The Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee, shall chair the 29
Council.] 30 4 HOUSE BILL 376
(G) BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND EVERY 2 YEARS THEREAFTER , THE 1
COUNCIL SHALL ELECT A CHAIR FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 2
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3
October 1, 2025. 4
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.