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Public Service Commission - Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Public Service Commission to include on its staff a certain number of experts in cybersecurity to perform certain duties; requiring the Commission to establish, in coordination with the Office of Security Management, cybersecurity standards and best practices for regulated entities, share information on cybersecurity initiatives and best practices with certain entities, collect certain certifications, and submit a certain report; requiring each public service company to report a cybersecurity incident to certain entities; etc.

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Testimony (37)

MGA witness list
FAV 8FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 17UnfavorableINFO 7Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWolf, DanAlliance for Digital InnovationOral
FAVBartolomeo, KathleenGCAN, MCRTPosition only
FAVDews, ChristopherlobbyistJOTFPosition only
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionPosition only
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVFink, NeldaIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWelch, FranklinIndividualPosition only
UNFDuffy, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
UNFMayhew, KimPerry White Ross & JacobsonWritten (PDF)
UNFSchulze, DanaUSAF VeteranPosition only
UNFCotton, NatalielobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFDiefenbach, KlausIndividualPosition only
UNFDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
UNFD’Orazio , DanielaIndividualPosition only
UNFElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
UNFKatz, JanetIndividualPosition only
UNFLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
UNFLee, MickeyIndividualPosition only
UNFMANOHAR, KRISHNAIndividualPosition only
UNFPedersen, StacyIndividualPosition only
UNFSirkel, RobinIndividualPosition only
UNFWest, DerekIndividualPosition only
UNFWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
UNFsirkel, jessIndividualPosition only
FWAHayes, TerriMaryland Cybersecurity CouncilWritten (PDF)
FWADraffin, CyrilMaryland Cybersecurity Council subcommitteeWritten (PDF)
FWAReinhardt, RichardlobbyistPercy Public Affairs, LLCOral
FWAAbeles, JohnSystem 1, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FWABonasera, JasonIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOQuinn, JohnlobbyistBGEWritten (PDF)
INFOStanek, JasonMD. Public Service CommissionWritten (PDF)
INFOSchreim, MorrisMaryland Public Service CommissionOral
INFOTomlinson, TrevorMaryland Public Service CommissionOral
INFOLanzarotto, KatiePepco and Delmarva PowerWritten (PDF)
INFOCorcoran, LauraIndividualOral
INFOMacLellan, ThomasIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDews, ChristopherJOTFRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance
UNFCotton, NatalieRegistered for: Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
FWAReinhardt, RichardPercy Public Affairs, LLCRegistered for: Allegany County Historical Society; Allegany Museum, Inc.; City of Cumberland; City of Frostburg; Diamond Game; Inncuvate Community Development Partners, Inc.
INFOQuinn, JohnBGERegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company