HB2595: CIO; transition of web-based services for executive branch agencies to cloud-based server solutions.

HOUSE BILL NO. 2595

Offered January 9, 2019
A BILL requiring the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth to develop a plan to transition the state's web-based services from state servers to cloud-based server solutions.
Patron-- Davis

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That on or before November 30, 2019, the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth shall submit a plan to the Governor and the Chair of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science providing for the transition of web-based tier one services used by executive branch agencies from state servers to cloud-based server solutions by July 1, 2024.

As used in this act, "executive branch agency" means any agency, institution, board, bureau, commission, council, public institution of higher education, or instrumentality of state government in the executive department as listed in the appropriation act. "Executive branch agency" does not include the University of Virginia Medical Center, any public institution of higher education to the extent exempt from Chapter 20.1 (§ 2.2-2005 et seq.) of Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (§ 23.1-1000 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) or other law, or the Virginia Port Authority.