Transcript Highlights:

• Office of Cyber Security. LFC applied a.
• And going into cyber. So as we say, cyber defense starts here.
• Strategic Cyber Growth Funding: Cybersecurity with Accountability Specials.
• As far as cyber initiatives, that's a big chunk.
• Do they really need you, or do they have cyber, and you're just assisting them?

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:18:04.120><c> realm</c> your leadership in in the Cyber realm your leadership in in the Cyber
• </c> Investments that were made in cyber Investments that were made in cyber security<01:24:34.639><c
• /c><01:25:33.880><c> cyber</c><01:25:34.280><c> defenses</c> really rudimentary cyber defenses really
• </c> advisory Council we have a cyber advisory Council we have a cyber security<01:36:04.719><c> uh</
• </c> for that um and appreciate the cyber for that um and appreciate the cyber security<01:37:19.920>

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• This is 2002, when nobody could spell "cyber" or even spell "machine learning."
• I mean, Representative Sariñana, you've been a very big supporter of cyber.
• That's what we need for cyber.
• In cyber, we were used to doing annual audits. Now we're saying cyber has to be done continuously.
• Cyber doesn't have independence.

Committee: House Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• in Cyber Defense, a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations.
• , as well as congressionally directed funding to... support entrepreneurial development of cyber business
• These are entities that do not have the resources to fully develop a cyber strategy, yet hold important
• are currently 129 students in the bachelor's degree program, 57 enrolled in the master's program in cyber
• In addition, those currently working in cyber operations need constant upskilling to stay ahead of threat

Bills: HF2634 , HF2241 , HF2649 , HF2520 , HF2610

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• We've got different cyber elements housed in different areas.
• Homeland Security has done a great job at taking some federal grant money and utilizing it to have cyber
• We've got different cyber elements own.
• We've got different cyber elements housed<00:06:42.880><c> in</c><00:06:43.120><c> different</c><00:06
• </c><00:06:51.039><c> assets</c> utilizing it to have uh cyber assets utilizing it to have uh cyber assets

Committee: Joint Technology

Transcript Highlights:

• Local governments will enjoy a similar presumption if they comply with the recently enacted cyber standards
• rebut the presumption by showing that the business failed to take reasonable precautions to adopt a cyber
• , I just wanted to note that these important protections further incentivize good actors to report cyber
• attacks and allow the state and local law enforcement to have full understanding of the cyber security
• target Floridians and ensure that good faith actors are not penalized for falling victims to these cyber

Bills: S7020 , S0308 , S0692 , S0474 , S0572 , S1106 , S1650 , S0350 , S1442 , S7032

Committee: Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Keywords: open government, sunset review, aquaculture, public records, exemption, Florida Museum of Black History, cultural heritage, education, Board of Directors, local governance, cybersecurity, data breach, data privacy, information security, local government, county, municipality, vendor contracts, third-party service provider, liability shield

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• Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 8880, the Small Business Cyber Security Assistance
• H.R. 8880, a bill to require the Comptroller General to evaluate federal cyber security assistance to
• This gap creates glaring weaknesses in mainstream America's cyber posture.
• While various federal agencies provide cyber resources, their collective impact needs improvement.
• And at the same time, cyber threats are becoming more and more sophisticated by the day.

Bills: HB2323 , HB6644 , SB629 , HB8882 , HB8881 , HB8880 , HB8879 , HB4238 , HR915 , HR826 , HB7401 , HB7396

Keywords: Big Bend National Park, land acquisition, boundary adjustment, Secretary of the Interior, conservation, Holodomor, Ukraine famine, 1932-1933 famine, genocide recognition, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, collectivization, grain confiscation, human rights, Ukraine, Ukrainian people, Russian aggression, Vladimir Putin, foreign affairs, sense of the House

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• Cyber Coordination Center—sorry, cyber coordination cell—this slide highlights the efforts and success
• of the cyber coordination cell, or C3.
• Uh as well as the cyber bonuses.
• ><c> cy</c><00:10:35.040><c> I'm</c> Cyber Coordination Center uh cy I'm Cyber Coordination Center uh
• response and cyber needs if needed.

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

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• The staff ranges from IT to cyber security. We have people that manage grants for us.
• So, we work very, very closely with cyber security. security in terms of cyber liability and the cyber
• program or cyber security insurance product that's available to all state agencies.
• Yeah, and they went ahead. and pay for the ransomware, which only encourage more cyber security. cyber
• attacks, cyber security attacks.

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

• Reporting on cyber incidents occurs in an ad hoc fashion, and sometimes not at all.
• This is Reporting on cyber incidents occurs in an ad hoc fashion, and sometimes not at all.
• cyber environments.
• Critical infrastructure, by contrast, requires complex coordinated cyber defense.
• And so that was 19. ...of their alerting system due to a cyber attack.

Bills: HB2579

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: public media, digital equity, funding, media access, communication technology

Transcript Highlights:

• Nationally, the number of cyber incidents are mindboggling.
• </c> emergency we speak as we speak top cyber emergency we speak as we speak top cyber criminals<00:04
• </c> gist of what it's like to have a Cyber gist of what it's like to have a Cyber attack<00:08:33.800
• </c><00:10:24.560><c> attack</c> fix that problem and a Cyber attack fix that problem and a Cyber attack
• </c> this field I am not an expert in cyber this field I am not an expert in cyber attacks<01:04:14.119

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• The governor's cyber security task force will give Kentucky the ability to monitor threats to 911 and
• Together, Next Generation 911 and the proposed cyber security task force will bring together federal,
• security task force governor's cyber security task force will<00:28:00.159><c> give</c><00:28:00.320
• </c><00:28:05.760><c> threat</c> networks, share real-time cyber threat networks, share real-time cyber
• security task force will proposed cyber security task force will bring<00:28:32.880><c> together</c>

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government heard presentations on several Attorney General and Homeland Security budget items. Amy Burke of the Department of Child Support Services said the program inherited a structural shortfall of more than $13 million after the transition from CHFS, including about $14 million in federal child support incentive funds that had been used to cover core operating costs and county attorney contracts. She explained that federal law requires incentive funds to supplement, not supplant, baseline services, and said the Attorney General’s budget request seeks general fund support to replace that gap and help balance the program going forward. Members asked for clarification on the misuse of the funds, the size of the shortfall, and whether the requested money would be unrestricted; staff said the intent is to use it as a contract offset for core services. Commissioner Rich Ferretti then presented the Department of Criminal Investigations’ request for additional staffing and a Western Kentucky Digital Forensics Lab. He said DCI wants one additional special victims unit investigator and one digital forensic examiner to handle increasingly digital cases involving child exploitation, sexual assault, human trafficking, and technology-facilitated abuse. He also described plans for a lab in Mayfield, co-located with the new Mayfield Police Department facility, to reduce travel time, speed forensic processing, and improve access for rural communities. Committee members responded positively and asked no substantive questions. Finally, the Office of Homeland Security outlined Kentucky’s Next Generation 911 project. Officials said the current 911 system was built for landlines, while most calls now come from mobile devices, and the upgrade will add precise location routing plus text, photo, and video capability. Shelley Clark described the funding model, including wireless subscriber fees and a dedicated tech fund, and reviewed progress on mapping, vendor selection, and migration to the new platform, with completion expected by July 2027. Members asked about local maintenance costs and the impact on rural areas; officials said maintenance is local but supported in part by collected funds, and implementation will not be delayed for rural localities. The meeting concluded with no votes or formal actions taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> tend to be much slower in adopting cyber tend to be much slower in adopting cyber security<00:08
• </c><00:19:17.679><c> In</c> with my own cyber security team. In with my own cyber security team.
• </c> I work in IT, I work in cyber security. I work in IT, I work in cyber security.
• Cyber &gt;&gt; Mr. Mson? Uh, Representative. Yes.
• Mson. >> Um, Representative Robbins, again, I'm on the cyber security side.

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• We'll work with law enforcement to preserve evidence to federal standards, turning cyber attacks from
• Members, the federal government has recognized that scattering cyber duties across multiple agencies
• Cyber Command and CISA.
• Committee substitute House Bill 150 relating to the establishment of the Texas Cyber Command.
• Substitute House Bill 150 relating to the establishment of the Texas Cyber Command.

Bills: SB801 , SB867 , SB2717 , SB2919 , HJR7 , HB4 , HB14 , HB27 , HB42 , HB46 , HB 100 , HB 111 , HB 112 , HB 121 , HB 126 , HB146 , HB186 , HB223 , HB229 , HB322 , HB367 , HB500 , HB521 , HB640 , HB705 , HB783 , HB 1052 , HB 1056 , HB 1105 , HB 1106 , HB 1178 , HB 1211 , HB 1234 , HB 1306 , HB1403 , HB1449 , HB1506 , HB1661 , HB1690 , HB1871 , HB1960 , HB2017 , HB2078 , HB2128 , HB2240 , HB2243 , HB2348 , HB2407 , HB2512 , HB2820 , HB2844 , HB2853 , HB2854 , HB2885 , HB3000 , HB3005 , HB3053 , HB3057 , HB3181 , HB3333 , HB3372 , HB3425 , HB3441 , HB3516 , HB3749 , HB3783 , HB3812 , HB3848 , HB3923 , HB3963 , HB4070 , HB4134 , HB4157 , HB4158 , HB4211 , HB4449 , HB4623 , HB4638 , HB4687 , HB4690 , HB4748 , HB4749 , HB4795 , HB4848 , HB5093 , HB5115 , HB5129 , HB5138 , HB5294 , HB5616 , HB5629 , HB5646 , HB5661 , HB5672 , HB5674 , HB5699 , HCR40 , SJR5 , SJR27 , SJR59 , SB4 , SB6 , SB8 , SB9 , SB10 , SB12 , SB22 , SB23 , SB25 , SB27 , SB34 , SB36 , SB37 , SB38 , SB40 , SB57 , SB140 , SB261 , SB293 , SB441 , SB447 , SB467 , SB512 , SB650 , SB777 , SB785 , SB924 , SB1188 , SB1281 , SB1318 , SB1333 , SB1398 , SB1448 , SB1566 , SB1579 , SB1621 , SB1723 , SB1838 , SB1862 , SB2167 , SB2405 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SB2878 , SB3059 , SB3070 , SB1 , SB17 , SB21 , SB260 , SB379 , SB509 , SB1198 , SB1405 , SB1506 , SB1637 , SB1833 , SB2155 , SB2308 , SB2601 , SB2778 , HB300 , HB2011 , HB2525 , HB5246 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB2023 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB507 , SB1434 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1122 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB1085 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB1200 , SB1845 , SB2458 , SB801 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB2797 , SB2076 , SB2876 , SB1640 , SB1449 , SB1181 , SB1234 , SB2926 , SB2841 , SB1528 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB1237 , SB2819 , SB629 , SB2608 , SB1602 , SB2009 , SB867 , SB640 , SB1698 , SB2680 , SB913 , SB1071 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1483 , SB1444 , SB1553 , SB1556 , SB1703 , SB2133 , SB2297 , SB2298 , SB2622 , SB2955 , SB2334 , SB1367 , SB2044 , SB2363 , SB2565 , SB1888 , SB3036 , SB3057 , SB3043 , SB3063 , SB3035 , SB203 , SB2688 , SB2522 , SB2459 , SB2655 , SB2251 , SB1884 , SB2928 , SB2566 , SB2549 , SB2553 , SB2919 , SB1944 , SB1232 , SB1798 , SB2603 , SB2607 , SB2683 , SB1319 , SB3045 , SB3071 , HJR7 , HB5115 , HB3053 , HB1403 , HB223 , HB748 , HB5652 , HB3395 , HB180 , HB 1306 , HB322 , HB 126 , HB5650 , HB4894 , HB1629 , HB5698 , HB3171 , HB2694 , HB5664 , HB4690 , HB4464 , HB3623 , HB2520 , HB2213 , HB252 , HB146 , HB5596 , HB3619 , HB5320 , HB5651 , HB5670 , HB5665 , HB5437 , HB5679 , HB5699 , HB5661 , HB5662 , HB5654 , HB5672 , HB5656 , HB3812 , HB3057 , HB2035 , HB721 , HB346 , HB2512 , HB5695 , HB5694 , HB5674 , HB3185 , HB2348 , HB1871 , HB 1135 , HB 101 , HB5666 , HB5677 , HB5682 , HB5658 , HB4144 , HB3642 , HB3815 , HB2686 , HB2012 , HB1960 , HB227 , HB654 , HB1690 , HB2128 , HB4158 , HB4630 , HB1523 , HB2078 , HB1973 , HB3333 , HB3697 , HB3546 , HB3225 , HB3181 , HB2820 , HB1506 , HB 1234 , HB640 , HB521 , HB229 , HB186 , HB 119 , HB4795 , HB4466 , HB3749 , HB 1106 , HB4 , HB4170 , HB3909 , HB4081 , HB4145 , HB4157 , HB4285 , HB4463 , HB4995 , HB5138 , HB5624 , HB1449 , HB2598 , HB3629 , HB4361 , HB824 , HB1868 , HB4848 , HB2243 , HB40 , HB 117 , HB3686 , HB500 , HB3793 , HB 112 , HB 104 , HB 1056 , HB42 , HB3000 , HB 100 , HB2240 , HB718 , HB27 , HB4904 , HB4202 , HB2853 , HB5129 , HB5093 , HB4765 , HB4748 , HB4559 , HB4350 , HB4214 , HB3388 , HB3112 , HB5196 , HB4211 , HB3516 , HB3092 , HB4233 , HB4687 , HB705 , HB 1094 , HB2037 , HB3005 , HB3848 , HB 1105 , HB 121 , HB3372 , HB367 , HB783 , HB3336 , HB3441 , HB4449 , HB5616 , HB2407 , HB2854 , HB3425 , HB5294 , HB 1178 , HB4623 , HB14 , HB3963 , HB 1211 , HB5646 , HB5629 , HB3783 , HB4236 , HB46 , HB4638 , HB 1052 , HB4070 , HB5509 , HB5435 , HB4134 , HB3923 , HB3520 , HB3320 , HB2517 , HB2488 , HB5663 , HB2731 , HB3073 , HB2655 , HB2399 , HB541 , HB4099 , HB 111 , HB1532 , HB3483 , HB2963 , HB4580 , HB3748 , HB713 , HB632 , HB426 , HB4730 , HB 127 , HB5690 , HB5689 , HB5655 , HB3385 , HB2757 , HB4359 , HB5381 , HB20 , HB 123 , HB549 , HB5606 , HB2217 , HB2594 , HB796 , HB150 , HB 1057 , HCR141 , HCR40 , HCR59 , HCR76 , HCR81 , HCR46 , HCR111 , HCR83 , HCR84 , HJR7 , HB4 , HB14 , HB27 , HB42 , HB46 , HB 100 , HB 126 , HB150 , HB322 , HB367 , HB500 , HB640 , HB705 , HB783 , HB 1105 , HB 1178 , HB 1211 , HB 1234 , HB1506 , HB1690 , HB1871 , HB2078 , HB2128 , HB2240 , HB2243 , HB2407 , HB2512 , HB2853 , HB2854 , HB3000 , HB3057 , HB3181 , HB3372 , HB3425 , HB3441 , HB3749 , HB3783 , HB3812 , HB3923 , HB3963 , HB4070 , HB4134 , HB4157 , HB4211 , HB4449 , HB4623 , HB4638 , HB4687 , HB4748 , HB4795 , HB5093 , HB5129 , HB5616 , HB5629 , HB5699 , HB229 , HB521 , HB 1056 , HB 1106 , HB5138 , SR583 , SCR52 , HB223 , HB229 , HB521 , HB 1056 , HB 1106 , HB1403 , HB3053 , HB5115 , HB5138

Transcript Highlights:

• Beijing has brazenly violated U.S. airspace and has burrowed its cyber payloads into core U.S. telecommunications
• My understanding it was the Department of Defense, armored Tesla cyber trucks.
• So again, as we're working and the approaches to the canal, so it's an entire thing, to include cyber
• So again, in every exercise we do, throughout the region, there's always some cyber component.
• So we, the way we harden that is primarily through cyber protection teams that we have.

Committee: Senate Subcommittee on Personnel

Keywords: national security, China, Russia, cybersecurity, border security, military deployment, transnational crime, defense modernization, military strategy

Summary: In this meeting, key topics included national security concerns with an emphasis on threats from China, Russia, and transnational criminal organizations. Senior military officials provided testimony on the evolving risks posed by these adversaries, particularly focusing on cybersecurity and advancements in weaponry. The discussion highlighted the importance of a cohesive strategy among government departments to effectively respond to the challenges presented by these threats, emphasizing the need for modernization in defense capabilities. Committee members grilled the witnesses on border security and the implications of deploying military resources in domestic operations.

Transcript Highlights:

• The National Defense Authorization Act talked about concerns with espionage, hacking, supply chain, concerns
• :53.119><c> about</c><00:56:53.280><c> concerns</c> Authorization Act talked about concerns with espionage

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• The cyber harassment legislation is actually already on the governor's desk.
• I'm thinking, especially because of the cyber-bullying portion.
• I'm thinking, especially because of the cyber-bullying portion, or cyber-stalking, but I'll—thank you
• It could be the cyber-stalking. It could be the sadistic... ...alive.
• It could be the cyber-stalking. It could be the sadistic online exploitation.

Committee: House Children and Families

Transcript Highlights:

• Local governments will enjoy a similar presumption if they comply with the recently enacted cyber standards
• rebut the presumption by showing that the business failed to take reasonable precautions to adopt a cyber
• , I just wanted to note that these important protections further incentivize good actors to report cyber
• attacks and allow the state and local law enforcement to have full understanding of the cyber security
• target Floridians and ensure that good faith actors are not penalized for falling victims to these cyber

Bills: S7020 , S0308 , S0692 , S0474 , S0572 , S1106 , S1650 , S0350 , S1442 , S7032

Committee: Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Summary: The committee heard and voted on several measures. SB 308 on the Florida Museum of Black History was explained as implementing a prior task force recommendation by designating St. Johns County as the museum site, creating a board, and coordinating with a supporting nonprofit; it passed favorably. SB 692 on cybersecurity standards and liability was amended to bar local governments from imposing cybersecurity requirements on vendors beyond generally accepted best practices, and after testimony both for and against, it was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 572 updated ethics law to include legally recognized foster parents and foster children in the definition of relative; after a technical amendment and support from the Ethics Commission, it passed unanimously. SB 1442 revised the long-range program plan to require more specific performance metrics and agency-specific measures; it also passed favorably. The committee also approved SB 1106, as amended by a strike-all, to require state agencies and certain educational materials to use “Judea and Samaria” instead of “West Bank,” despite opposition arguing it would impose political language and conflict with federal and international terminology. SB 7020 reenacted a public records exemption for certain aquaculture and shellfish production records and passed with support from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. SB 474 expanded military leave and related benefits for public employees and officials, including members of the Coast Guard and Florida State Guard, and added three amendments before being reported favorably. SB 350, dealing with public records protections for crime victims and certain law enforcement victims, was heavily amended to add time-limited confidentiality for an officer’s name in some cases and then passed favorably after discussion about balancing transparency and safety. Finally, the committee approved SPB 7032 as a committee bill to shift more fleet management responsibilities from DMS to individual agencies, while still requiring data reporting to DMS for legislative oversight. SB 1650 by Senator Gates was temporarily postponed. At the end of the meeting, members recorded votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• The number of cyber... Representative Bonner: The number of cyber incidents are mindboggling.
• </c> could have been our next Cyber could have been our next Cyber attack<00:45:03.800><c> so</c><00:
• <00:45:09.720><c> attack</c><00:45:10.079><c> will</c> Cyber attack will Cyber attack will succeed<00
• </c><00:45:16.680><c> security</c> see the first major cyber security see the first major cyber security
• </c> the people if there is a huge Cyber the people if there is a huge Cyber attack<00:50:51.000><c>

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• House Bill 3314 is set up to expand the coverage language to include cyber policies.
• Cyber policies are relatively new, and adding this language will close a gap.
• First, we're going to clarify our authority to respond quickly to cyber insurance claims.
• Now, first, when it comes to cyber, cyber is a pretty standard commercial coverage line.
• And in a cyber incident, hours matter. A delayed response can exponentially increase the damages.

Committee: House Insurance and Banking

Summary: The Committee for Insurance met with a quorum and first took up three bills in executive session. House Bill 2902 was amended with a committee substitute that removed the commission language while keeping provisions on software and key-emulating devices, and members confirmed it still included a Class D felony penalty. The committee adopted the substitute and voted the bill do pass, with one member voting no. House Bill 1789, dealing with delivery network companies and insurance coverage during the delivery availability period, was also amended and adopted; the substitute clarified that the availability period is not commercial activity and that auto insurance applies until a driver is actually engaged in delivery. The committee then voted the bill do pass, with one no vote and one present. House Bill 1647 was amended to remove it from the collateral source rule section and clarify that it applies only to civil actions for damages and property claims; the substitute was adopted and the bill voted do pass, with several no votes recorded. The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 1894, which would implement federal nondiscrimination requirements for licensed health care providers in Missouri insurance law. The sponsor said the bill is about patient choice, fairness, and access, especially in rural areas, and does not expand scope of practice or require coverage of new services. Supporters from chiropractic, nursing, occupational therapy, podiatry, and nurse anesthetist groups said the bill would ensure equal reimbursement for the same covered services and improve access to local providers. Opponents from the insurance industry argued the bill would interfere with network design, reduce negotiating leverage, and require equal payment regardless of provider type or credentials; they also said current federal law already governs network adequacy and that the bill’s rulemaking language was standard but the reimbursement mandate was the main concern. The committee also heard House Bill 3314, which updates Missouri’s insurance guaranty association laws. The sponsor and supporters explained that the bill would clarify coverage for cyber policies, ensure coverage follows the policyholder in insurance business transfer or corporate division transactions, and allow limited pre-liquidation information sharing from the Department of Commerce and Insurance to guaranty associations so claims can be handled faster after insolvency. Witnesses said the bill is technical and intended to modernize the system without expanding coverage or increasing taxpayer exposure. Members asked about the $300,000 property and casualty claims cap, the definition of high-net-worth individual, oversight of guaranty associations, and confidentiality concerns; supporters said the cap is longstanding, high-net-worth means over $25 million, and the department’s existing oversight and confidentiality protections are sufficient. The hearing closed after a final supportive statement from the Missouri Insurance Coalition, and the committee adjourned.