Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 532	Senate Author:  Nelson
Effective:  9-1-17	House Sponsor:  Capriglione et al.

            Senate Bill 532 amends the Government Code to make information directly arising from a governmental body's efforts to prevent, detect, investigate, or mitigate a computer security incident confidential under state public information law. The bill requires the Department of Information Resources (DIR) to collect information on the status and condition of each state agency's information technology infrastructure and to submit to the governor, chair of the house appropriations committee, chair of the senate finance committee, speaker of the house of representatives, lieutenant governor, and staff of the Legislative Budget Board a biennial report consolidating the information collected. The bill sets out required contents of the consolidated report and provides for the information contained in the report to be made available to the public on request, with the exception of information made confidential by the bill's provisions. The bill requires a state agency to consider any security benefits and cost savings associated with cloud computing services options when making purchases for a major information resources project under applicable law and to cooperate with DIR in the creation of a biennial report on the use of such cloud computing service options, cost savings, and security benefits to be submitted to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives.