Bill Text: TX HB3875 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to cloud compatibility of certain state agency information technology purchases.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3875 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3875-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 3875
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to cloud compatibility of certain state agency information
  technology purchases.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 2157.007, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 2157.007.  [CONSIDERATION OF] CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE
  [PURCHASE].
         SECTION 2.  Section 2157.007, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
  (b-2) to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Cloud computing service" has the meaning assigned
  by Special Publication 800-145 issued by the United States
  Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and
  Technology, as the definition existed on January 1, 2015.
               (2)  "Major information resources project" has the
  meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A] state
  agency shall ensure [consider cloud computing service options,
  including any security benefits and cost savings associated with
  purchasing those service options from a cloud computing service
  provider and from a statewide technology center established by the
  department], when making purchases for an automated information
  system or a major information resources project, that the system or
  project is capable of being deployed and run on cloud computing
  services [under Section 2054.118].
         (b-1)  When making a purchase for an automated information
  system or a major information resources project, a state agency may
  determine that, due to integration limitations with legacy systems,
  security risks, or costs, the agency is unable to purchase a system
  or project capable of being deployed and run on cloud computing
  services.
         (b-2)  At least 14 days before the date a state agency
  solicits bids, proposals, offers, or other applicable expressions
  of interest for a purchase described by Subsection (b-1), the
  agency shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board for the
  purchase of an automated information system or to the quality
  assurance team as defined by Section 2054.003 for the purchase of a
  major information resources project a report that describes the
  purchase and the agency's reasoning for making the purchase.
         SECTION 3.  Section 2157.007, Government Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only with respect to a purchase made by a state
  agency on or after the effective date of this Act. A purchase made
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the purchase was made, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3875 was passed by the House on April
  26, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3875 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3875 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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