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KS HB2574

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/25/2026

Primary Sponsor

Information Technology

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates two new oversight bodies: the legislative branch information technology oversight council (membership determined by legislative coordinating council) and the judicial branch technology oversight council (membership determined by the chief justice) to set IT standards, establish policies, approve strategic plans, and evaluate cybersecurity programs for their respective branches

  • Replaces specific NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 tier requirements (achieving tier 3.0 by July 2028 and tier 4.0 by July 2030) with a requirement that cybersecurity programs be based on "a nationally recognized standard for governmental entities," with biennial maturity level reports to legislative committees beginning in 2027

  • Expands the Information Technology Executive Council from 13 to 17 voting members by adding the executive chief information security officer, two Board of Regents IT employees, and converting four legislative members from nonvoting to voting status

  • Requires the executive branch CISO to conduct periodic cybersecurity assessments of each executive branch agency and report noncompliant agencies to the legislative budget committee by October 1, 2028, with noncompliant agencies required to present remediation plans; appropriations committees may reduce IT/cybersecurity funding by 10% for noncompliant agencies

  • Mandates that all state government websites be hosted on ".gov" domains and requires all state agency IT and cybersecurity expenditures be appropriated as separate budget line items for detailed legislative review

Legislative Description

Removing the expiration on certain cybersecurity requirements, modifying the duties of chief information security officers and cybersecurity programs, requiring assessment of executive branch agency compliance with cybersecurity requirements, providing for consideration of such compliance by the legislature during the budget process and creating the judicial branch technology oversight council.

Last Action

Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Government Efficiency

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Government Efficiency2/26/2026
Legislative Modernization1/29/2026

Full Bill Text

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