Bill Text: TX HB2873 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the replacement and modernization of obsolete and inefficient computer hardware and software technology used by certain state agencies.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-19 - Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency [HB2873 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2873-Introduced.html
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| By: Lalani | H.B. No. 2873 | |
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| relating to the replacement and modernization of obsolete and | ||
| inefficient computer hardware and software technology used by | ||
| certain state agencies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2054.092(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The plan must: | ||
| (1) provide a strategic direction for information | ||
| resources management in state government for the five fiscal years | ||
| following adoption of the plan; | ||
| (2) outline a state information architecture that | ||
| contains a logically consistent set of principles, policies, and | ||
| standards to guide the engineering of state government's | ||
| information technology systems and infrastructure in a way that | ||
| ensures compatibility and alignment with state government's needs; | ||
| (3) designate and report on critical electronic | ||
| government projects to be directed by the department, including a | ||
| project for electronic purchasing; | ||
| (4) provide information about best practices to assist | ||
| state agencies in adopting effective information management | ||
| methods, including the design, deployment, and management of | ||
| information resources projects, cost-benefit analyses, and staff | ||
| reengineering methods to take full advantage of technological | ||
| advancements; | ||
| (5) provide long-range policy guidelines for | ||
| information resources in state government, including the | ||
| implementation of national, international, and department | ||
| standards for information resources technologies; | ||
| (6) identify major issues faced by state agencies | ||
| related to the acquisition of computer hardware, computer software, | ||
| and information resources technology services and develop a | ||
| statewide approach to address the issues, including: | ||
| (A) developing performance measures for | ||
| purchasing and contracting; and | ||
| (B) identifying opportunities to reuse computer | ||
| software code purchased with public funds; | ||
| (7) identify priorities for: | ||
| (A) the implementation of information resources | ||
| technologies according to the relative economic and social impact | ||
| on the state; and | ||
| (B) return on investment and cost-benefit | ||
| analysis strategies; [ |
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| (8) outline a statewide legacy system modernization | ||
| strategy based on information submitted under Section 2054.5725 to | ||
| increase government efficiency through technology modernization; | ||
| and | ||
| (9) provide information about best practices to assist | ||
| state agencies in adopting methods for design, deployment, and | ||
| management of telecommunications services. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter Q, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2054.5725 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2054.5725. LEGACY SYSTEM MODERNIZATION PLAN. (a) | ||
| Each state agency shall identify legacy systems used by the agency | ||
| and create a plan to replace those systems with systems that provide | ||
| a more modern, integrated, secure, and effective technological | ||
| environment. | ||
| (b) Not later than September 1 of each odd-numbered year, a | ||
| state agency shall submit the plan required by this section to the | ||
| department. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
