H.F. 2149 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 8.85A Software licensing contracts. 1 The terms of a software licensing contract entered into by 2 the department or a supported entity for a software application 3 designed to be installed and run on generally available 4 desktop or server hardware shall not limit the ability of the 5 department or supported entity to install or run the software 6 application on the desktop or server hardware selected by the 7 department or supported entity. 8 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to software 9 licensing contracts and software licensing addendums entered 10 into or renewed by the department of management or a supported 11 entity, as defined in section 8.76, on or after the effective 12 date of this Act. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill prohibits a software licensing contract entered 17 into by the department of management (DOM) or a supported 18 entity for a software application designed to be installed and 19 run on generally available desktop or server hardware from 20 limiting the ability of DOM or the supported entity to install 21 or run the software application on the desktop or server 22 hardware selected by DOM or the supported entity. 23 The bill applies to software licensing contracts and 24 addendums entered into by DOM or a supported entity on or after 25 July 1, 2026. 26 Under Code chapter 8, subchapter XI (information 27 technology), a supported entity is an authority, board, 28 commission, committee, council, department, or independent 29 agency of state government, but does not include the office 30 of the governor, the office of an elective constitutional or 31 statutory officer, the general assembly, the judicial branch, 32 a political subdivision of the state, or the state board of 33 regents and its institutions. 34 -1- LSB 6033YH (3) 91 sc/ns 1/ 1