A03073
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
745
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, PENNYCUICK, COSTA, J. WARD AND
CULVER, JUNE 14, 2023
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, NOVEMBER 14, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in contracts for public works, providing for
contracts for information technology commodities and
services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 62 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 3914. Contracts for information technology commodities and
services.
A contract for the procurement of end point devices shall
require that those devices, services and solutions meet BE
CAPABLE OF BEING CONFIGURED, SECURED AND MAINTAINED IN A MANNER
THAT MEETS the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) guidelines in the NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-
series publications (NIST SP 800-series), which are in effect at
the time of the effective date of this section, and OR INDUSTRY
best practices for computer security . TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
GUIDELINES OR INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES ARE APPLICABLE TO THE END
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POINT DEVICES, SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS BEING PROCURED. As used in
this section, the term "end point device" shall mean any
Internet capable computer hardware device on a transmission
control protocol or Internet protocol network.
Section 2. This act shall only apply to a contract entered
into on or after the effective date of this section.
Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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