Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB239 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		sb0239
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10	7		SENATE BILL 239
11	8		S2 5lr0189
12	9		(PRE–FILED) CF HB 209
13	10		By: Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee (By Request –
14	11		Departmental – Information Technology)
15	12		Requested: September 19, 2024
16	13		Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
17	14		Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
18		-	Committee Report: Favorable
19		-	Senate action: Adopted
20		-	Read second time: February 16, 2025
21	15
22		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	16	+	A BILL ENTITLED
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24	18		AN ACT concerning 1
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26	20		State Finance and Procurement – Local Cybersecurity Preparedness and 2
27	21		Response Plan and Assessment – Repeal 3
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29	23		FOR the purpose of repealing a duplicative provision of law requiring certain local 4
30	24		government entities to create or update a cybersecurity preparedness and response 5
31	25		plan and complete a cybersecurity preparedness assessment; and generally relating 6
32	26		to local cybersecurity preparedness and response. 7
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34	28		BY repealing 8
35	29		Article – State Finance and Procurement 9
36	30		Section 3.5–405 10
37	31		Annotated Code of Maryland 11
38	32		(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
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40	34		BY renumbering 13
41	35		Article – State Finance and Procurement 14
42	36		Section 3.5–406 and 3.5–407 15
43	37		to be Section 3.5–405 and 3.5–406, respectively 16
44	38		Annotated Code of Maryland 17
45	39		(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 18
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47	41		SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
48		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 2 SENATE BILL 239
	42	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20
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	44	+	Article – State Finance and Procurement 21
	45	+
	46	+	[3.5–405. 22
	47	+	2 SENATE BILL 239
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	50	+	(a) This section does not apply to municipal governments. 1
51	51
52		-	Article – State Finance and Procurement 1
	52	+	(b) In a manner and frequency established in regulations adopted by the 2
	53	+	Department, each county government, local school system, and local health department 3
	54	+	shall in consultation with the local emergency manager, create or update a cybersecurity 4
	55	+	preparedness and response plan and complete a cybersecurity preparedness assessment.] 5
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54		-	[3.5–405. 2
	57	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 3.5 –406 and 6
	58	+	3.5–407 of Article – State Finance and Procurement of the Annotated Code of Maryland be 7
	59	+	renumbered to be Section(s) 3.5–405 and 3.5–406, respectively. 8
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56		-	(a) This section does not apply to municipal governments. 3
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58		-	(b) In a manner and frequency established in regulations adopted by the 4
59		-	Department, each county government, local school system, and local health department 5
60		-	shall in consultation with the local emergency manager, create or update a cybersecurity 6
61		-	preparedness and response plan and complete a cybersecurity preparedness assessment.] 7
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63		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 3.5 –406 and 8
64		-	3.5–407 of Article – State Finance and Procurement of the Annotated Code of Maryland be 9
65		-	renumbered to be Section(s) 3.5–405 and 3.5–406, respectively. 10
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67		-	SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 11
68		-	1, 2025. 12
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72		-	Approved:
73		-	________________________________________________________________________________
74		-	Governor.
75		-	________________________________________________________________________________
76		-	President of the Senate.
77		-	________________________________________________________________________________
78		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
	61	+	SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 9
	62	+	1, 2025. 10