BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3875

By: Capriglione

State Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

It has been suggested that thinking about the future and the rapid movement of technology would benefit the state and stretch important technology dollars when upgrading state agency technology. H.B. 3875 seeks to ensure that new automated information systems and major information resource projects would be capable of being deployed and run on cloud computing services.

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. 3875 amends the Government Code to replace the requirement for an applicable state agency to consider cloud computing service options when making purchases for a major information resources project with a requirement for such an agency to ensure that, when making purchases for an automated information system or a major information resources project, the system or project is capable of being deployed and run on cloud computing services.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2019.