Bill Text: CA AB2695 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California State University: Cybersecurity Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships Pilot Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-19 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2695 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2695-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2695

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Introduced by Assembly Member Berman

February 18, 2022

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An act relating to cybersecurity.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2695, as introduced, Berman. Cybersecurity workforce.

Existing law requires a person or business that conducts business in California, and that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, to disclose a breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to a resident of California, as prescribed.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would relate to increasing opportunities to meet the cybersecurity workforce demand.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) The demand for cybersecurity workers is growing far faster than the supply, driven by an increasing number of cyberattacks.

(b) California and the country face a cybersecurity workforce shortage with over 63,000 open positions in the state and over 500,000 cybersecurity openings across the country.

(c) There is a need to develop a pipeline of workers to ensure current and future workforce availability in cybersecurity roles.

SEC. 2.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would relate to increasing opportunities to meet the cybersecurity workforce demand.