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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas HB 2270 Updates IT Services, CISO Audit Reporting, and Procurement Rules
Last action · February 19, 2026: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill authorizes the chief information security officer to receive information technology audit reports, updates the responsibilities of the chief information technology officer regarding state agency IT services and equipment, and amends multiple related statutes.
State executive agencies face updated statutory rules regarding centralized cloud computing, telecommunications procurement, and the distribution of IT security audit reports to oversight officials.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State Agencies
Executive branch agencies must route IT procurement over $75,000, software registrations, and telecommunications services through or with the approval of the executive chief information technology officer.
Executive Chief Information Technology Officer
The officer gains expanded authority and duties regarding oversight, telecommunications coordination, inventory databases, and data center location requirements.
Chief Information Security Officer
The officer is explicitly authorized to receive written reports on information technology audits.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who must approve major IT equipment purchases by executive agencies?
Are state universities subject to the centralized data processing rules?
Where are third-party data centers required to be located?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently passed chamber. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Law.
Procedural history
9 actions- Feb 19, 2026HouseStricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
- Feb 17, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Mar 5, 2025HouseHearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 218-N — CANCELED
- Feb 19, 2025HouseWithdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to House Committee on Legislative Modernization
- Feb 18, 2025HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by
- Feb 17, 2025HouseHearing: Monday, February 17, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 218-N
Show 3 earlier actions
- Feb 12, 2025HouseHearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 218-N — CANCELED
- Feb 5, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Legislative Modernization
Version history
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Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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