# Kansas HB 2574: Removing the expiration on certain cybersecurity requirements, modifying the duties of chief information security officers and cybersecurity programs, requiring assessment of executive branch agency compliance with cybersecurity requirements, providing for consideration of such compliance by the legislature during the budget process and creating the judicial branch technology oversight council. Kansas HB 2574, Removing the expiration on certain cybersecurity requirements, modifying the duties of chief information security officers and cybersecurity programs, requiring assessment of executive branch agency compliance with cybersecurity requirements, providing for consideration of such compliance by the legislature during the budget process and creating the judicial branch technology oversight council., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Information Technology; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2574-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2574 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Removing the expiration on certain cybersecurity requirements, modifying the duties of chief information security officers and cybersecurity programs, requiring assessment of executive branch agency compliance with cybersecurity requirements, providing for consideration of such compliance by the legislature during the budget process and creating the judicial branch technology oversight council. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-28 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 - Sponsor: Joint Committee on Information Technology - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on government efficiency, house committee on legislative modernization - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (318 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 10 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New technology oversight for courts and lawmakers: benefit, low. The law creates separate technology oversight councils for Kansas courts and the Legislature. The chief justice chooses court council membership, while the Legislative Coordinating Council chooses legislative council membership. Both councils set technology policies, approve plans, oversee projects… - Security safeguards for state technology purchases: benefit, low. Executive and court security officers must ensure technology contracts include standard security terms and address product and supply-chain risks. Executive agency heads also need security review before buying cybersecurity products, services, or platforms that may materially affect state systems,… - State agencies keep cybersecurity standards and reporting: benefit, low. Covered executive, court, and legislative agencies must base cybersecurity programs on nationally recognized government standards. The same rule covers the Insurance Department, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Kansas Bureau of Investigation. For courts, lawmakers, and those four offices,… - State government websites must use .gov: benefit, low. Websites maintained by Kansas government branches or state agencies must use a .gov domain. State educational institutions are excluded. This gives covered state websites a consistent government web address. - State technology merger planning requirement ends: benefit, low. The state technology council no longer must plan to combine executive technology services within the central state technology office. The removed planning duty also covered combining state educational institutions’ cybersecurity services within central technology and security offices. The law remov… - Lawmakers lose required technology contract review: cost, low. The legislative security officer no longer must review technology contracts for product risks, supply-chain risks, or standard security language. This removes a required security review for legislative technology purchases. - State workers face yearly cybersecurity training: mixed, low. Covered Kansas agency heads and employees must complete cybersecurity awareness training every year. Employees who do not finish lose access to state-issued devices or the state network. These rules continue instead of ending July 1, 2026. - Agency cybersecurity reviews bring possible budget cuts: mixed, low. Executive agencies must receive an initial cybersecurity assessment and periodic reviews by state staff, qualified outside assessors, or both. The security officer issues written findings, recommendations, and any correction deadlines; agencies must maintain action plans with milestones. Starting O… - State branches manage their own cybersecurity: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2027, each branch’s technology and security officers administer its cybersecurity services. Legislative and executive cybersecurity employees work under their branch’s chief technology officer. The public employee retirement system, KPERS, instead receives cybersecurity direction… - State cybersecurity checks change; findings stay confidential: mixed, low. Covered state offices and all three branches replace annual cybersecurity audits with periodic checks, with no fixed yearly schedule. Checks cover cybersecurity programs and compliance with laws, policies, and standards; covered offices’ audit duties continue beyond July 1, 2026. Courts no longer m… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Committee on Information Technology ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 38 Nay: 2 | pass | 38 | 2 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 1 | pass | 121 | 1 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 38 | 2 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 121 | 1 | | ## Actions (15) - 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-26: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 2 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 121, Nay 1, Absent 3 (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Legislative Modernization (House) - 2026-02-02: Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 218-N (House) - 2026-01-29: Referred to House Committee on Legislative Modernization (House) - 2026-01-28: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Legislative Modernization: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2574/hb2574_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2574/hb2574_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2574/hb2574_enrolled.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee on Legislative Modernization (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2574/hb2574_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2574/hb2574_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2574/hb2574_enrolled.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2574-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).