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| Bill | VITA; required information security training program for state employees. | Virginia Information Technologies Agency; required information security training program for state employees. Requires the Chief Information Officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (the CIO) to develop by November 30, 2020, and annually update a curriculum and materials for training all state employees in information security awareness and in proper procedures for detecting, assessing, reporting, and addressing information security threats. The bill requires the Commonwealth's executive, legislative, and judicial branches and independent agencies, beginning January 1, 2021, to provide annual information security training for each of its employees using the curriculum and materials developed by the CIO. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 852 | Virginia HB 852 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 852 (2020) — VITA; required information security training program for state employees.
Virginia Information Technologies Agency; required information security training program for state employees. Requires the Chief Information Officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (the CIO) to develop by November 30, 2020, and annually update a curriculum and materials for training all state employees in information security awareness and in proper procedures for detecting, assessing, reporting, and addressing information security threats. The bill requires the Commonwealth's executive, legislative, and judicial branches and independent agencies, beginning January 1, 2021, to provide annual information security training for each of its employees using the curriculum and materials developed by the CIO.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB852ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB852E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB852) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N) — 35–1 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (78-Y 21-N) — 77–21 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Hala S. Ayala — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100248D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB852)
- 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 2020-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-27 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-27 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-05 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB852E
- 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20100248D-E
- 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB852E)
- 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (78-Y 21-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (78-Y 21-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2020-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N)
passage - 2020-03-05 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB852ER)
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-06 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 717 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/964226b6-78b6-4624-8407-55ef8f3eb3eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).