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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 85(R)

House Bill 1861

House Author:  Elkins

Effective:  6-15-17

Senate Sponsor:  Watson


            House Bill 1861 amends the Government Code to make government information directly arising from a governmental body's routine efforts to prevent, detect, investigate, or mitigate a computer security incident confidential and excepted from the public availability requirement of state public information law. The bill requires a state agency to redact government information related to security or infrastructure issues for computers made confidential or excepted from public disclosure from certain purchasing contracts posted on the agency's website.