l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1727

State Security Operations Center; create within ITS to serve as operational arm of statewide cybersecurity.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations A Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A STATE SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (SSOC) WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; TO REQUIRE THE SSOC TO PROVIDE CENTRALIZED STATEWIDE CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE ENTERPRISE SECURITY PROGRAM TO ENSURE STATEWIDE STANDARDS AND CONTROLS ARE TECHNICALLY IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED; TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES TO REPORT SUSPECTED CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS AND COOPERATE WITH SSOC MONITORING, INCIDENT RESPONSE AND VULNERABILITY REMEDIATION EFFORTS; TO REQUIRE SSOC TO SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMARIZING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND ACTIVITIES, STATEWIDE CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS, OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES AND RESOURCE NEEDS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-53-201, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Henry Zuber III

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

TechnologyJan 19 to Jan 289 days

Appropriations AJan 28 to Feb 3 · stopped6 days

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 House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Technology and on Appropriations A
  2. Jan 28Reported from TE to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Technology;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28DR - TSDP: TE To APHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives