---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cybersecurity"
description: "Cybersecurity; Requires audit plans of inspector general to include certain information; revises provisions to replace references to IT & computer security with references to cybersecurity; provides & revises requirements for DMS, acting through Florida Digital Service; creates Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council within DMS; providing purpose of council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1297"
citation: "Florida HB 1297 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch", "ports and harbors"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-234"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbe94b41-cce9-4c5e-95b8-083d765a93db"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1297/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7da191e41c0da9abd7bb6d86afa55f3391d785376b83efb59c33766d649fa6bc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 1297 (2021) — Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity; Requires audit plans of inspector general to include certain information; revises provisions to replace references to IT & computer security with references to cybersecurity; provides & revises requirements for DMS, acting through Florida Digital Service; creates Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council within DMS; providing purpose of council.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-234.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1297 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1297/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1297 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1297/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1297 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1297/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1297 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1297/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-22** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-25** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-25** CS Filed
- **2021-03-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-29** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-30** Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-01** Favorable by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-01** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-06** CS Filed
- **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-27** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-27** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1900
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** In Messages
- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-234

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbe94b41-cce9-4c5e-95b8-083d765a93db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).