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SB 754

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Local Government Cybersecurity - Coordination and Operations (Local Cybersecurity Support Act of 2022)

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: CybersecurityStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Cyber Preparedness Unit in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; establishing certain responsibilities of the Unit; requiring local governments to report certain cybersecurity incidents in a certain manner and under certain circumstances; requiring the State Security Operations Center to notify appropriate agencies of a cybersecurity incident in a certain manner; establishing the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology and certain Office positions; etc.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCornish, TashaCybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.Oral
FAVBell, SamEdwards Performance SolutionsOral
FAVFiore, JustinMaryland Municipal LeagueOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKaine, JamesMotorola SolutionsWritten (PDF)
FAVFiastro, JohnlobbyistIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFElalamy, SaraMaryland JudiciaryWritten (PDF)
FWAButchko, DominicMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FWAElrich, MarcMontgomery County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FWAYelin, BenIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVFiastro, JohnRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; Bayview Management LLC; Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 MD, VA & DC; Building Decarbonization Coalition; Carbon Solutions Group; Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.