2025-2026 Regular Session

HB886

State government; prohibit state agencies and local government entities from responding to ransomware activity

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding state government, so as to prohibit state agencies and local government entities from responding to ransomware activity; to require that state agencies and local government entities report ransomware activity to the Georgia Technology Authority; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Governmental Affairs
Last status date: April 4, 2025
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Governmental Affairs
Author: Stacey Evans
Co-sponsors: Debra Bazemore Tanya Miller Kim Schofield Park Cannon

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Committee referrals

April 2, 2025 · House

Governmental Affairs

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

April 4, 2025
House House Second Readers
April 2, 2025
House House First Readers
March 31, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2017587
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB886.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00