HB1647

House Bill 1647 amends various sections of the Arkansas Code to rename the Division of Information Systems to the 'Division of Information Systems Office of State Technology.' The bill updates references throughout state law to reflect this new name and organizational designation. It also makes technical adjustments to ensure consistency in how the office is referenced in statutes concerning school networks, emergency management, financial systems, and state data security. Additionally, the bill includes an emergency clause, which would allow the legislation to take effect immediately upon enactment. The primary purpose is administrative and nomenclature-based, ensuring that all legal references to the state's central information technology body are accurate and uniform. No significant policy shifts regarding the agency's core functions are explicitly proposed; rather, it formalizes the entity's updated title.