Idaho H 274: COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY – Adds to existing law to prohibit state employees from using or downloading TikTok on a state-issued device, to provide that the state shall implement controls to prevent the use of TikTok on state-issued devices, and to provide a penalty.

Status: Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2023 Session Law Chapter 136 Effective: 03/24/2023 (as of 2023-03-28)

State: Idaho · Session: 2023 · Bill: H 274

Subjects: CONTRACTORS, CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES, EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES, GOVERNMENT

Sponsors: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Bill Text

LEGISLATUREOFTHESTATEOFIDAHO
Sixty-seventhLegislatureFirstRegularSession-2023
INTHEHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES
HOUSEBILLNO.274
BYSTATEAFFAIRSCOMMITTEE
ANACT1
RELATINGTOCOMMUNICATIONSSECURITY;PROVIDINGLEGISLATIVEINTENT;AMEND-2
INGCHAPTER67,TITLE18,IDAHOCODE,BYTHEADDITIONOFANEWSECTION3
18-6726,IDAHOCODE,TODEFINEATERM,TOPROHIBITSTATEEMPLOYEES4
FROMUSINGORDOWNLOADINGTIKTOKONASTATE-ISSUEDDEVICE,TOPROVIDE5
THATTHESTATESHALLIMPLEMENTCONTROLSTOPREVENTTHEUSEOFTIKTOKON6
STATE-ISSUEDDEVICES,ANDTOPROVIDEAPENALTY;ANDDECLARINGANEMER-7
GENCY.8
BeItEnactedbytheLegislatureoftheStateofIdaho:9
SECTION1.LEGISLATIVEINTENT.Preservingthesafety,security,pri-10
vacy,andwayoflifeoftheStateofIdahoanditscitizensisofparamount11
importance,andthestatemusttakestepstopreventthecollectionofpri-12
vatedataofIdahocitizensbyplatformssuchasTikTokthatmaysharesensi-13
tiveinformationwithforeigngovernments.14
SECTION2.ThatChapter67,Title18,IdahoCode,be,andthesameis15
herebyamendedbytheadditiontheretoofaNEWSECTION
,tobeknownanddes-16
ignatedasSection18-6726,IdahoCode,andtoreadasfollows:17
18-6726.TIKTOKUSEBYSTATEEMPLOYEESONASTATE-ISSUEDDEVICEPRO-18
HIBITED.(1)Asusedinthissection,"TikTok"meansthesocialnetworking19
serviceownedbytheChinesecompanyByteDanceLimitedoranysuccessorap-20
plication.21
(2)Nopersonorentitythatcontractswiththestategovernmentandno22
memberoremployeeof:23
(a)Theexecutivebranch,thestatelegislature,orthejudiciary;24
(b)Anystate-fundedagency,department,organization,commission,25
office,division,board,bureau,council,college,university,admin-26
istration,orcorrectionsindustryoranyotherdivisionorsubdivision27
thatisfundedinwholeorinpartthroughfundsappropriatedinthe28
statebudget;or29
(c)TheIdahoairnationalguard,Idahoarmynationalguard,orIdaho30
statepolice,notincludinguseforgatheringmilitaryintelligenceor31
criminalinvestigationsbylawenforcement,32
shalldownloadorusetheTikTokapplicationorvisittheTikTokwebsiteon33
anynetworkownedby,operatedby,orotherwiseunderthecontrolofstate34
governmentoronanystategovernment-issueddevice,includingbutnotlim-35
itedtoacellularphone,acomputer,oranyotherdevicecapableofinternet36
connectivity.37
(3)Theexecutivebranch,thelegislativebranch,andthejudicial38
branchshallimplementcontrolstopreventtheuseofTikTokonstategovern-39
ment-issuedequipmentorwhileconnectedtoanynetworkowned,operated,or40
otherwiseunderthecontrolofstategovernment.41

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(4)Anypersonwhoknowinglyviolatestheprovisionsofsubsection(2)1
ofthissectionshallbeguiltyofamisdemeanor.2
SECTION3.Anemergencyexistingtherefor,whichemergencyishereby3
declaredtoexist,thisactshallbeinfullforceandeffectonandafterits4
passageandapproval.5

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