88R24128 JCG-D
 
  By: Birdwell, et al. S.B. No. 1893
 
  (Anderson)
 
  Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1893:  No.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting the use of certain social media
  applications and services on devices owned or leased by state
  agencies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 6, Government Code, is amended
  by adding Chapter 674 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 674.  USE OF CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
  ON STATE AGENCY DEVICES PROHIBITED
         Sec. 674.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Prohibited application" means:
                     (A)  a social media application or service
  included on the list published by the Department of Information
  Resources under Section 674.005; or
                     (B)  a social media application or service
  specified by executive order of the governor under Section 674.004.
               (2)  "State agency" means:
                     (A)  a department, commission, board, office, or
  other agency that is in the executive or legislative branch of state
  government and that was created by the constitution or a statute,
  including an institution of higher education as defined by Section
  61.003, Education Code; or
                     (B)  the supreme court, the court of criminal
  appeals, a court of appeals, or the Texas Judicial Council or
  another agency in the judicial branch of state government.
         Sec. 674.002.  PROHIBITION; MODEL POLICY. (a)  Subject to
  Section 674.003, a state agency shall adopt a policy prohibiting
  the installation or use of a prohibited application on any device
  owned or leased by the state agency and requiring the removal of
  prohibited applications from those devices.
         (b)  The Department of Information Resources and the
  Department of Public Safety shall jointly develop a model policy
  for state agencies to use in developing the policy required by
  Subsection (a).
         Sec. 674.003.  EXCEPTIONS; MITIGATING MEASURES.  (a)  A
  policy adopted under Section 674.002 may include an exception
  allowing the installation and use of a prohibited application to
  the extent necessary:
               (1)  for providing law enforcement;
               (2)  for developing or implementing information
  security measures; or
               (3)  to allow other legitimate governmental uses as
  jointly determined by the Department of Information Resources and
  the Department of Public Safety.
         (b)  A policy allowing the installation and use of a
  prohibited application under Subsection (a) must require:
               (1)  the use of measures to mitigate risks to the
  security of state agency information during the use of the
  prohibited application; and
               (2)  the documentation of those measures.
         (c)  The administrative head of a state agency must approve
  in writing the installation and use of a prohibited application
  under an exception described by Subsection (a) by employees of the
  state agency and report the approval to the Department of
  Information Resources.
         Sec. 674.004.  APPLICATIONS IDENTIFIED BY GOVERNOR'S ORDER.
  The governor by executive order may identify social media
  applications or services that pose a threat to the security of the
  state's sensitive information, critical infrastructure, or both.
         Sec. 674.005.  APPLICATION IDENTIFIED BY DEPARTMENT OF
  INFORMATION RESOURCES AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a)  The
  Department of Information Resources and the Department of Public
  Safety, in consultation with the office of the governor, shall
  jointly identify social media applications or services that pose a
  threat to the security of the state's sensitive information,
  critical infrastructure, or both.
         (b)  The Department of Information Resources shall publish
  annually and maintain on the department's publicly accessible
  Internet website a list of the prohibited applications identified
  under Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  Not later than the 60th day after the date the
  Department of Information Resources and the Department of Public
  Safety make available the model policy required by Section
  674.002(b), Government Code, as added by this Act, each state
  agency shall adopt the policy required by Section 674.002(a),
  Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.