HB 327-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0189

06/05

 

HOUSE BILL 327-FN

 

AN ACT prohibiting the state from requiring the public use proprietary software when visiting state websites.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gallager, Merr. 20

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits the state from requiring the public use proprietary software when visiting state websites.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0189

06/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT prohibiting the state from requiring the public use proprietary software when visiting state websites.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Chapter; Free and Open Source Software.  Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 21-V the following new chapter:

CHAPTER 21-W

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

21-W:1  Proprietary Software on State Websites.  No person in the state of New Hampshire shall be required to allow the execution of proprietary javascript in their browser when visiting websites administered by the state of New Hampshire.  The department of information technology shall verify that this is the case for each executive branch agency via the use of browser extensions of their choice that are designed to detect and block the execution of proprietary javascript in their browsers, or by confirming that no proprietary javascript blocks the functioning of any third-party online archiving services that are attempting to archive state websites.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

23-0189

Revised1/13/23

 

HB 327-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT prohibiting the use of proprietary software on state websites.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$0

$35.9M - $113.9M

$35.9M - $113.9M

$35.9M - $113.9M

Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [    ] Other

 

 

 

 

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill prohibits the state from requiring the public use proprietary software when visiting state websites.

 

The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) estimates the cost for application compliance using the following assumptions:

 

 

The Department provided both the low and high cost for compliance and estimated annual costs for contracted staff derived from an existing statewide contract for staff augmentation.  The Department indicated there are 215 small systems, 36 medium systems, 17 large systems and 3 extra large systems that would be impacted by this bill.  The Department determined it would take at least 5 years to make the necessary change for a total cost between $179.7 million and $569.6 million. See table below for annual costs:

Cost for Application Compliance:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Cost

 

 

 

(Spread Out over 5 Years)

System Size

Cost

QTY

Low

High

Small Systems

$300,000 - $550,000

215

$12,900,000

$23,650,000

Medium Systems

$550,000 - $2,000,000

36

$3,960,000

$14,400,000

Large Systems

$2,000,000 - $12,000,000

17

$6,800,000

$40,800,000

Extra Large Systems

$12,000,000 - $50,000,000

3

$7,200,000

$30,000,000

 Subtotal - Application Compliance

 

 

$30,860,000

$108,850,000

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of Supporting Staff:

 

 

 

 

 

Position Cost

QTY

 Annual Cost

 

Program Oversight

 

 

 

 

1 Program Manager

$325,650

1

$325,650

 

1 Financial Analyst

$156,000

1

$156,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Execution (Sprint Teams)

 

 

 

 

7 Project Managers

$271,440

7

$1,900,080

 

7 Applications Systems Analysts

$183,554

7

$1,284,878

 

7 Business Analysts

$201,591

7

$1,411,137

 

   Subtotal - Supporting Staff

 

 

$4,752,095

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ANNUAL COST

 

 

 

Low

High

 

 

 

$35,937,745

$113,927,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL 5YR PROJECT COST

 

 

 

Low

High

 

 

 

$179,688,725

$569,638,725

 

 

This bill does not establish or provide an appropriation for new positions.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Information Technology