California Cybersecurity Integration Center: artificial intelligence.

Assembly Member Irwin's legislation tasks the California Cybersecurity Integration Center with developing an artificial intelligence cybersecurity playbook by July 2026, establishing new protocols for information sharing between state agencies and AI service providers. The playbook, to be created in partnership with the Office of Information Security and Government Operations Agency, will mandate threat and vulnerability reporting requirements for state AI contractors while offering voluntary participation mechanisms for other entities.

The measure institutes strict confidentiality provisions for shared cybersecurity information, limiting access to approved state employees and contractors who must comply with the playbook's security protocols. The California Cybersecurity Integration Center must incorporate federal standards and industry practices, including guidance from the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative's AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook, in developing these new information-sharing frameworks.

This expansion of the Center's duties builds upon its existing role as the state's central cybersecurity hub, where it coordinates threat information between local, state and federal agencies, educational institutions, utilities and private sector partners. The Center will continue producing mandated reports through 2026 detailing state expenditures under the federal State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act while taking on these new AI-specific responsibilities.