Committee advances House Bill 35 to require multi-factor authentication across state agencies

Feb 7, 2025

Senator Kevin Cook introduced House Bill 35 to require multi‑factor authentication for state agencies. The Senate State Affairs Committee voted to send the bill to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation; fiscal impact was described as negligible.

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Senator Kevin Cook, an Idaho state senator from Legislative District 32, introduced House Bill 35 to the Senate State Affairs Committee as legislation "that will strengthen Idaho's cyber security framework and protect our data's infrastructure." The measure would require state agencies to implement multi‑factor authentication (MFA) on accounts that access state systems.

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