Bill Text - HB1335 (2018)

Relative to the cybersecurity software used by the state of New Hampshire.


Revision: April 25, 2018, 11:23 a.m.

HB 1335 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

22Feb2018... 0308h

19Apr2018... 1655-EBA

2018 SESSION

18-2130

05/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1335

 

AN ACT relative to the cybersecurity software used by the state of New Hampshire.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Somssich, Rock. 27; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits state agencies from using software developed by Kaspersky Labs.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22Feb2018... 0308h

19Apr2018... 1655-EBA 18-2130

05/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to the cybersecurity software used by the state of New Hampshire.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Subdivision; Cybersecurity Software.  Amend RSA 21-R by inserting after section 14 the following new subdivision:

Cybersecurity Software

21-R:15  Use of Kaspersky Software Prohibited.

I.  No state agency shall use any software platform developed, in whole or in part, by Kaspersky Lab or any entity of which Kaspersky Lab has a majority ownership.

II.  In this section, "state agency" means any department, commission, board, institution, bureau, office, or other entity, by whatever name called, including the legislative and judicial branches of state government, established in the state constitution, statutes, session laws or executive orders.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.