Florida SB 576: Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

Bill Text

576 
Local Government Cybersecurity 
2026-02-12T10:09:24Z 
Creating the Local Government Cybersecurity Protection Program within the Florida Digital Service; requiring the grant program to be administered by the Florida Digital Service; requiring the Florida Digital Service to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with local governments for a specified purpose; requiring the Florida Digital Service to contract for information technology commodities and services and award such commodities and services to local governments, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 576 

 By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 
 and Senator Harrell 

 585-02774-26 2026576c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to local government cybersecurity; 
 3 creating s. 282.31855, F.S.; creating the Local 
 4 Government Cybersecurity Protection Program within the 
 5 Florida Digital Service; requiring the grant program 
 6 to be administered by the Florida Digital Service; 
 7 providing the purpose of the grant program; requiring 
 8 the Florida Digital Service to enter into certain 
 9 data-sharing agreements with local governments for a 
 10 specified purpose; requiring the Florida Digital 
 11 Service to administer the grant program based on 
 12 specified criteria to provide information technology 
 13 commodities and services to local governments for a 
 14 specified purpose; requiring the Florida Digital 
 15 Service to contract for information technology 
 16 commodities and services and award such commodities 
 17 and services to local governments; establishing 
 18 preference for certain counties under the grant 
 19 program; requiring grants to be annually awarded by a 
 20 certain date; authorizing the Florida Digital Service 
 21 to apply for and accept certain funds or grants; 
 22 providing an effective date. 
 23 
 24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 25 
 26 Section 1. Section 282.31855, Florida Statutes, is created 
 27 to read: 
 28 282.31855 Local Government Cybersecurity Protection 
 29 Program.— 
 30 (1) The Local Government Cybersecurity Protection Program 
 31 is created within the Florida Digital Service, to be 
 32 administered by the Florida Digital Service. The purpose of the 
 33 grant program is to assist eligible local governments in 
 34 mitigating and defending against cybersecurity threats, 
 35 including, but not limited to, ransomware incidents. 
 36 (2) Under the grant program, the Florida Digital Service 
 37 shall enter into data-sharing agreements with local governments 
 38 as necessary to facilitate the collection, analysis, and 
 39 exchange of security-related information to support the 
 40 detection, prevention, and response to cybersecurity incidents 
 41 consistent with s. 282.318. 
 42 (3)(a) The Florida Digital Service shall administer the 
 43 grant program based on objective eligibility and evaluation 
 44 criteria to provide information technology commodities and 
 45 services directly to local governments for the purpose of 
 46 developing and enhancing cybersecurity risk management programs 
 47 consistent with s. 282.3185. 
 48 (b) The Florida Digital Service shall contract for 
 49 information technology commodities and services and shall award 
 50 such commodities and services to local governments eligible 
 51 under the grant program criteria. 
 52 (c) In awarding information technology commodities and 
 53 services, the Florida Digital Service shall give preference to 
 54 fiscally constrained counties as described in s. 218.67(1). 
 55 (d) Grants shall be awarded to eligible local governments 
 56 by October 1 of each year. 
 57 (4) The Florida Digital Service may apply for and accept 
 58 any funds or grants made available to it by any agency or 
 59 department of the Federal Government to further the grant 
 60 program. 
 61 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.