An act to modernize West Virginia’s information technology infrastructure by requiring state agencies to adopt cloud computing services and develop a statewide cloud strategy. The bill ensures the digitization of all paper-based state forms. It also enhances cybersecurity by requiring agency risk assessments, adherence to state cybersecurity standards, and annual reporting on IT modernization progress.

This bill requires that software licensing contracts entered into by New Hampshire state agencies must not restrict the agency’s ability to install or run the software on infrastructure of its own choosing. The selected infrastructure must be approved by the Department of Information Technology.

House Bill 1491 establishes a centralized Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) within the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS). The CCOE is tasked with guiding state agencies and local governing authorities through cloud adoption and management.

SB 982 modernizes Maryland’s information technology systems by restructuring the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology, establishing the Information Technology Investment Fund and creating a dedicated process for funding expedited IT modernization projects.

HB 1481 establishes the Adapted Vehicle Access Pilot Program to provide adapted vehicles to individuals who require a mobility aid; and requiring the Department of Disabilities to implement and administer the Program, request, apply for, and facilitate certain donations to the Program and study the impacts of the Program.

The new law specifically expands the safeguards for sensitive data under the Colorado Privacy Act, or CPA, to cover neural data. Under the CPA, businesses are required to obtain opt-in consent to process their sensitive data, so businesses will now need to obtain opt-in consent to collect and process neural data. Businesses must also perform data protection assessments when collecting and using sensitive data, meaning that activities involving neural data would also trigger the need to document the benefits, risks and mitigating controls in place for neural data. Colorado's law defines "neural data" as "information that is generated by the measurement of the activity of an individual's central or peripheral nervous systems and that can be processed by or with the assistance of a device." Within the CPA's sensitive data categories, neural data is included as a subtype of biological data, which is generally defined as "data generated by the technological processing, measurement, or analysis of an individual's ... neural properties ... which data is used or intended to be used ... for identification purposes."