Committee counsel outlines reporting change for cybersecurity advisory council

At the start of the May 6 meeting, legislative counsel Tim Dublin summarized changes to a reporting provision tied to a cybersecurity advisory council: the amendment moves the annual reporting deadline from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15 and replaces language requiring the council to "submit a written report" with a simpler directive that the council "shall report."

Dublin identified the change as part of a new section in a reporting bill and said staff had provided the draft. Committee members noted the draft still contained highlights and discussed whether to vote the measure out despite the lack of a clean copy. The chair said they could move forward and a member offered to move the draft.

No formal committee vote on that amendment was recorded during the session; committee members discussed next steps for committee reporting and the clerk/reporter work for the measure.