Revision: April 12, 2022, 9:31 a.m.
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
April 12, 2022
2022-1421s
04/08
Amendment to HB 1277
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 New Section; Duties of Towns; Cybersecurity. Amend RSA 31 by inserting after section 103-a the following new section:
31:103-b Cybersecurity. The governing body, or chief administrative officer or designee of any political subdivision, who knows of or suspects a cybersecurity incident within the political subdivision's information systems, or within any vendor acting as an agent of the political subdivision, shall immediately report such incident, upon discovery, and shall disclose all known information and interactions to the New Hampshire cyber integration center of the department of information technology. For purposes of this section, "cybersecurity incident" means an occurrence that actually or potentially jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system or the information processes, stores, or transmits, of that constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of security policies, security procedures, or acceptable use policies.