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1		-	H.B. No. 3875
	1	+	By: Capriglione (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3875
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
	3	+	April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Business & Commerce; May 20, 2019, reported adversely, with
	5	+	favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7,
	6	+	Nays 0; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3875 By: Zaffirini
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to cloud compatibility of certain state agency information
6	14		technology purchases.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. The heading to Section 2157.007, Government
9	17		Code, is amended to read as follows:
10	18		Sec. 2157.007. [CONSIDERATION OF] CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE
11	19		[PURCHASE].
12	20		SECTION 2. Section 2157.007, Government Code, is amended by
13	21		amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
14	22		(b-2) to read as follows:
15	23		(a) In this section:
16	24		(1) "Cloud computing service" has the meaning assigned
17	25		by Special Publication 800-145 issued by the United States
18	26		Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and
19	27		Technology, as the definition existed on January 1, 2015.
20	28		(2) "Major information resources project" has the
21	29		meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.
22	30		(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A] state
23	31		agency shall ensure [consider cloud computing service options,
24	32		including any security benefits and cost savings associated with
25	33		purchasing those service options from a cloud computing service
26	34		provider and from a statewide technology center established by the
27	35		department], when making purchases for an automated information
28	36		system or a major information resources project, that the system or
29	37		project is capable of being deployed and run on cloud computing
30	38		services [under Section 2054.118].
31	39		(b-1) When making a purchase for an automated information
32	40		system or a major information resources project, a state agency may
33	41		determine that, due to integration limitations with legacy systems,
34	42		security risks, or costs, the agency is unable to purchase a system
35	43		or project capable of being deployed and run on cloud computing
36	44		services.
37	45		(b-2) At least 14 days before the date a state agency
38	46		solicits bids, proposals, offers, or other applicable expressions
39	47		of interest for a purchase described by Subsection (b-1), the
40	48		agency shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board for the
41	49		purchase of an automated information system or to the quality
42	50		assurance team as defined by Section 2054.003 for the purchase of a
43	51		major information resources project a report that describes the
44	52		purchase and the agency's reasoning for making the purchase.
45	53		SECTION 3. Section 2157.007, Government Code, as amended by
46	54		this Act, applies only with respect to a purchase made by a state
47	55		agency on or after the effective date of this Act. A purchase made
48	56		before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
49	57		effect on the date the purchase was made, and the former law is
50	58		continued in effect for that purpose.
51	59		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
52		-	______________________________ ______________________________
53		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
54		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3875 was passed by the House on April
55		-	26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
56		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
57		-	No. 3875 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0,
58		-	2 present, not voting.
59		-	______________________________
60		-	Chief Clerk of the House
61		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3875 was passed by the Senate, with
62		-	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
63		-	0.
64		-	______________________________
65		-	Secretary of the Senate
66		-	APPROVED: __________________
67		-	Date
68		-	__________________
69		-	Governor
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