HF 139 (LSB 1262HV (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 139

BY  COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 14)

A BILL FOR

An Act establishing the cybersecurity simulation training center at the Iowa state university of science and technology, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  266.50  Cybersecurity simulation training center.
   1.  The cybersecurity simulation training center is established in the center for cybersecurity innovation and outreach at the Iowa state university of science and technology.
   2.  The cybersecurity simulation training center shall conduct and sponsor research and activities that enable persons to develop strategies to counter cybersecurity threats and mitigate the damage resulting from a cybersecurity attack.
   3.  The cybersecurity simulation training center shall be available to businesses, state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, students, and educators, and shall support all of the following:
   a.  Cybersecurity training exercises.
   b.  Case studies.
   c.  Student events and competitions.
   d.  Training exercises for educators.
   e.  Cybersecurity workforce development. 
    Sec. 2.  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS —— CYBERSECURITY SIMULATION TRAINING CENTER —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For purposes of the cybersecurity simulation training center at the Iowa state university of science and technology established pursuant to section 266.50, as enacted in this Act:
   ...................................................................... $  2,500,000
    Sec. 3.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.  The Code editor may designate section 266.50, as enacted in this Act, as a new subchapter within chapter 266, entitled “cybersecurity simulation training center”.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill establishes the cybersecurity simulation training center at the Iowa state university of science and technology. The bill requires the center to conduct and sponsor research and activities that enable persons to develop strategies to counter cybersecurity threats and mitigate the damage resulting from a cybersecurity attack. The bill provides that the center shall be available to businesses, state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, students, and educators, and shall support cybersecurity training exercises, case studies, student events and competitions, training exercises for educators, and cybersecurity workforce development.
   The bill appropriates $2.5 million from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for FY 2023-2024 for purposes of the center.