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Committee lays over bill to fund cybersecurity help for small cities, counties and townships
Summary
House File 140, authored by Representative Bonner, would provide cybersecurity support and grants for under-resourced local governments; the committee adopted an A‑1 amendment to add townships above 5,000 population to eligibility and laid the bill over for further work.
House File 140, a bill aimed at improving cybersecurity capacity for local governments, was heard Feb. 27, 2025 by the Minnesota House State Government Finance and Policy Committee and laid over for further work.
Representative Bonner, the bill’s author, said the proposal addresses a growing wave of cyber incidents that threaten local services. "We're only as strong as our weakest link," Bonner said, citing high-profile breaches and warning that small cities…
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