BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 2065 By: Dominguez State Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Texas Cybersecurity Council was created to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure and sensitive information, to develop a cybersecurity workforce to protect technology resources from increasing threats, and to develop strategies and solutions that ensure Texas continues to lead in areas of cybersecurity. Due to recent threats to the cyber infrastructure of the state's voting systems, there have been calls for the council's membership to be expanded to include an official from the elections division of the secretary of state's office. H.B. 2065 seeks to make this change. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 2065 amends the Government Code to require the Texas Cybersecurity Council to include one member who is an employee of the elections division of the secretary of state's office. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2021.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 2065
By: Dominguez
State Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 2065
By: Dominguez
State Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Texas Cybersecurity Council was created to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure and sensitive information, to develop a cybersecurity workforce to protect technology resources from increasing threats, and to develop strategies and solutions that ensure Texas continues to lead in areas of cybersecurity. Due to recent threats to the cyber infrastructure of the state's voting systems, there have been calls for the council's membership to be expanded to include an official from the elections division of the secretary of state's office. H.B. 2065 seeks to make this change.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 2065 amends the Government Code to require the Texas Cybersecurity Council to include one member who is an employee of the elections division of the secretary of state's office.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2021.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The Texas Cybersecurity Council was created to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure and sensitive information, to develop a cybersecurity workforce to protect technology resources from increasing threats, and to develop strategies and solutions that ensure Texas continues to lead in areas of cybersecurity. Due to recent threats to the cyber infrastructure of the state's voting systems, there have been calls for the council's membership to be expanded to include an official from the elections division of the secretary of state's office. H.B. 2065 seeks to make this change.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 2065 amends the Government Code to require the Texas Cybersecurity Council to include one member who is an employee of the elections division of the secretary of state's office.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2021.