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SENATE BILL 294
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CF 5lr1418
By: Senator Feldman
Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2025
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Maryland Cybersecurity Council – Membership – Alterations 2
FOR the purpose of altering the selection of the membership and chair of the Maryland 3
Cybersecurity Council; and generally relating to Maryland Cybersecurity Council 4
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
Article – State Government 22
Section 9–2901(g) 23
Annotated Code of Maryland 24
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 25
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
Article – State Government 3
9–2901. 4
(b) There is a Maryland Cybersecurity Council. 5
(c) The Council consists of the following members: 6
(1) the Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee; 7
(2) the Secretary of Information Technology, or the Secretary’s designee; 8
(3) the Secretary of State Police, or the Secretary’s designee; 9
(4) the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary’s designee; 10
(5) the Adjutant General, or the Adjutant General’s designee; 11
(6) the State Administrator of Elections, or the State Administrator’s 12
designee; 13
(7) the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security, 14
or the Executive Director’s designee; 15
(8) the Director of the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center, or the 16
Director’s designee; 17
(9) the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary’s designee; 18
(10) the Chief Executive Officer of the Maryland Technology Development 19
Corporation, or the Chief Executive Officer’s designee; 20
(11) the Chair of the Tech Council of Maryland, or the Chair’s designee; 21
(12) the President of the Fort Meade Alliance, or the President’s designee; 22
(13) the President of the Army Alliance, or the President’s designee; and 23
(14) the following members appointed by the [Attorney General] 24
GOVERNOR: 25
(i) five representatives of cybersecurity companies located in the 26
State, with at least three representing cybersecurity companies with 50 or fewer employees; 27
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(ii) four representatives from statewide or regional business 1
associations; 2
(iii) up to ten representatives from institutions of higher education 3
located in the State; 4
(iv) one representative of a crime victims organization; 5
(v) four representatives from industries that may be susceptible to 6
attacks on cybersecurity, including at least one representative of a bank, whether or not 7
State–chartered, that has a branch in the State; 8
(vi) two representatives of organizations that have expertise in 9
electronic health care records; and 10
(vii) any other stakeholder that the [Attorney General] GOVERNOR 11
determines appropriate. 12
(f) The [Attorney General] GOVERNOR also shall invite, as appropriate, the 13
following representatives of federal agencies to serve on the Council: 14
(1) the Director of the National Security Agency, or the Director’s designee; 15
(2) the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary’s designee; 16
(3) the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, or the 17
Director’s designee; 18
(4) the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, or 19
the Director’s designee; and 20
(5) any other federal agency that the Attorney General determines 21
appropriate. 22
[(g) The Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee, shall chair the 23
Council.] 24
(G) BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND EVERY 2 YEARS THEREAFTER , THE 25
COUNCIL SHALL ELECT A CHAIR FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 26
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 27
October 1, 2025. 28