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Committee unanimously backs bill requiring water‑system cyber reporting and annual vulnerability assessments
Summary
Senate Bill 459, IDEM’s agency bill on water‑system cybersecurity and water reuse authority, advanced unanimously after the committee accepted an amendment extending state reporting windows; the bill also requires annual vulnerability assessments and directs the department to certify compliance.
The Senate Environmental Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 459 after accepting an amendment that lengthened state reporting windows for cybersecurity incidents affecting water and wastewater utilities.
IDEM representatives told the committee the bill responds to a rising number of cybersecurity threats to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Drake Abramson, IDEM’s legislative director, described an incident notified to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier in the year in which a SCADA system at a wastewater plant appeared to be accessed by a hacking…
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