VA HB957 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Virginia Cyber Initiative Act. Directs the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to work with public and private institutions of higher education, state agencies, and businesses in the Commonwealth to develop a cyber alliance, to be known as the Virginia Cyber Initiative, to reduce cyber risks and encourage economic development in the cybersecurity field. The bill also creates the Virginia Cyber Initiative Fund for the purposes of improving cybersecurity and the economy of the Commonwealth through (i) improving cyber infrastructure, (ii) increasing the focus on cyber job-creating research activities, and (iii) expanding cyber job-creating research activities toward producing more knowledge-based and high-technology cyber jobs in the Commonwealth.
Title
Virginia Cyber Initiative Act; established.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2020-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-11 | House | Left in Appropriations |
| 2020-02-04 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-01-27 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2020-01-27 | House | Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-01-27 | House | Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government |
| 2020-01-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2020-01-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-01-16 | House | Assigned CT & I sub: Technology and Innovation |
| 2020-01-07 | House | Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation |
| 2020-01-07 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102045D |
