H.B. No. 74 Summary

• Creates biennial IT expenditure reporting requirements for state agencies and statewide elected officials to submit to the Director of Budget and Management, with reports compiled and submitted to the General Assembly by specified deadlines.

• Establishes the Office of Information Technology within the Department of Administrative Services, led by a State Chief Information Officer with authority to coordinate statewide IT efforts, establish policies and standards, and review/reject non-compliant IT purchases.

• Creates two new advisory bodies: the Biannual Advisory Committee on State Information and Technology (9 members including legislators and the state CIO) and the Cybersecurity and Fraud Advisory Board (6 members with cybersecurity/fraud prevention expertise).

• Requires state agencies to participate in IT consolidation projects and maintain inventories of their IT assets and costs as directed by the Director of Administrative Services.

• Directs the Director of Administrative Services to contract with a private entity to study state IT management practices, cloud services standards, and data sharing opportunities, with findings reported to the General Assembly within 18 months.