The Florida Senate

HB 635: Cybersecurity Standards and Liability

GENERAL BILL by Giallombardo

Cybersecurity Standards and Liability; Authorizes local governments to only adopt specified cybersecurity standards; prohibits DMS from delegating authority to set such standards to local governments; requires vendors to comply with specified cybersecurity standards; defines "vendor"; provides that local government, covered entity, or third-party agent that complies with certain requirements is not liable in connection with cybersecurity incident; requires covered entities & third-party agents to implement revised frameworks, standards, laws, or regulations within specified time period.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/3/2025	House	• Filed
  12/12/2025	House	• Referred to Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee • Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/15/2026	House	• Added to Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee agenda

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• HB 635, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/3/2025 at 2:36 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/15/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 692	Cybersecurity Standards and Liability	Leek	Identical	Last Action: 1/13/2026 S Introduced

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  130573 - Amendment Remove lines 31-68 and insert:	Giallombardo	1/19/2026 5:09 PM		PDF

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  282.3185	Local government cybersecurity.	Page 2 (pdf)
  768.401		Page 3 (pdf)

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