Senate File 402 - Introduced SENATE FILE 402 BY COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1160) A BILL FOR An Act establishing the cybersecurity simulation training 1 center at the Iowa state university of science and 2 technology, and making appropriations. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2318SV (2) 90 jda/jh
S.F. 402 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 266.50 Cybersecurity simulation 1 training center. 2 1. The cybersecurity simulation training center is 3 established in the center for cybersecurity innovation 4 and outreach at the Iowa state university of science and 5 technology. 6 2. The cybersecurity simulation training center shall 7 conduct and sponsor research and activities that enable persons 8 to develop strategies to counter cybersecurity threats and 9 mitigate the damage resulting from a cybersecurity attack. 10 3. The cybersecurity simulation training center shall be 11 available to businesses, state agencies, political subdivisions 12 of the state, students, and educators, and shall support all 13 of the following: 14 a. Cybersecurity training exercises. 15 b. Case studies. 16 c. Student events and competitions. 17 d. Training exercises for educators. 18 e. Cybersecurity workforce development. 19 Sec. 2. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS —— CYBERSECURITY SIMULATION 20 TRAINING CENTER —— APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from 21 the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for 22 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 23 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 24 to be used for the purposes designated: 25 For purposes of the cybersecurity simulation training 26 center at the Iowa state university of science and technology 27 established pursuant to section 266.50, as enacted in this Act: 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,500,000 29 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 30 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of 31 the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for 32 expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the 33 fiscal year that begins July 1, 2025. 34 Sec. 3. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. The Code editor may 35 -1- LSB 2318SV (2) 90 jda/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 402 designate section 266.50, as enacted in this Act, as a new 1 subchapter within chapter 266, entitled “cybersecurity 2 simulation training center”. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill establishes the cybersecurity simulation training 7 center at the Iowa state university of science and technology. 8 The bill requires the center to conduct and sponsor research 9 and activities that enable persons to develop strategies to 10 counter cybersecurity threats and mitigate the damage resulting 11 from a cybersecurity attack. The bill provides that the center 12 shall be available to businesses, state agencies, political 13 subdivisions of the state, students, and educators, and shall 14 support cybersecurity training exercises, case studies, student 15 events and competitions, training exercises for educators, and 16 cybersecurity workforce development. 17 The bill appropriates $2.5 million from the general fund of 18 the state to the state board of regents for FY 2023-2024 for 19 purposes of the center. The bill provides that if these moneys 20 remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close the fiscal 21 year, the moneys shall not revert but shall remain available 22 for expenditure until the close of FY 2025-2026. 23 -2- LSB 2318SV (2) 90 jda/jh 2/ 2