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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2471

Cyber breach; limit liability for certain entities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY AND ANY OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN CONNECTION WITH A CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT IF THE ENTITY ADOPTS CERTAIN CYBERSECURITY STANDARDS; TO REQUIRE CYBERSECURITY PROGRAMS TO ALIGN WITH NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF SPECIFIED FEDERAL LAWS; TO PROVIDE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION AGAINST LIABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL ENTITIES THAT ARE IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT BY ADOPTING A CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM THAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNS WITH CERTAIN SPECIFIED CYBERSECURITY STANDARDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Nicole Boyd

Its course

January 20 to March 4, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 1122 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 20 to Feb 415 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 11 to Mar 4 · stopped21 days

Judiciary AFeb 17 to Mar 4 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 11

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 11Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 17Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committees on Judiciary A and on Technology
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 4Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 11AmendedSenate
  4. Feb 11Passed As AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 17Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 17Referred To Judiciary A;TechnologyHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives