---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cybersecurity"
description: "Cybersecurity; Requires state agencies & local governments to report cybersecurity & ransomware incidents; provides cybersecurity training requirements; requires after-action & other reports; prohibits certain entities from paying or otherwise complying with ransom demand; revises purpose & duties of Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council; provides criminal penalties; requires person convicted of certain offenses to pay certain fine; requires deposit of certain moneys in General Revenue Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7055"
citation: "Florida HB 7055 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "military affairs and related matters", "public business"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-220"
primary_sponsors: ["Fischer", "Giallombardo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/959550ee-91d3-448d-8081-84969a5c6c27"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7055/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1937c776e98d64a5fa9a0c045503e38ec669b1b7f2af0440ee5077cf32e566bb"
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 7055 (2022) — Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity; Requires state agencies & local governments to report cybersecurity & ransomware incidents; provides cybersecurity training requirements; requires after-action & other reports; prohibits certain entities from paying or otherwise complying with ransom demand; revises purpose & duties of Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council; provides criminal penalties; requires person convicted of certain offenses to pay certain fine; requires deposit of certain moneys in General Revenue Fund.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-220.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7055 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7055/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7055 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7055/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7055 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7055/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fischer — primary (person)
- Giallombardo — primary (person)
- State Administration and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Beltran — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2022-02-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-07** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-21** PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-23** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-23** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-24** CS Filed
- **2022-02-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Received
- **2022-03-09** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1670
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** In Messages
- **2022-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-28** Chapter No. 2022-220; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7057 (Ch. 2022-221)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/959550ee-91d3-448d-8081-84969a5c6c27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).