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| 1 | 1 | 89R7906 SCF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dean H.B. No. 5331 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the enforceability of certain state agency and local | |
| 10 | 10 | government contract language regarding required security incident | |
| 11 | 11 | notifications. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 2054.603, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 14 | 14 | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (e) Contract language in a cybersecurity insurance contract | |
| 16 | 16 | or other contract for goods or services prohibiting or restricting | |
| 17 | 17 | a state agency's or local government's compliance with this section | |
| 18 | 18 | or otherwise circumventing the requirements of this section is void | |
| 19 | 19 | and unenforceable. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. Section 2054.603(e), Government Code, as added | |
| 21 | 21 | by this Act, is intended to clarify rather than change existing law. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |