Florida Senate - 2026                                    SB 1126
       
       
        
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       
       36-01619-26                                           20261126__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to prohibited contracting with covered
    3         foreign entities; creating s. 287.139, F.S.; defining
    4         the term “covered foreign entity”; providing that a
    5         covered foreign entity is ineligible to bid or submit
    6         a proposal for a contract with an agency for certain
    7         goods or services; providing applicability; requiring
    8         an entity to certify in its bid or proposal that it is
    9         not a covered foreign entity; requiring a contracting
   10         state agency to immediately terminate its contract
   11         with an entity that submitted a false certification or
   12         that is determined to be a covered foreign entity;
   13         providing an effective date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 287.139, Florida Statutes, is created
   18  and incorporated into part I of chapter 287, Florida Statutes,
   19  to read:
   20         287.139 Certain foreign entities domiciled in the People’s
   21  Republic of China; state bidding prohibited.—
   22         (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “covered
   23  foreign entity” means:
   24         (a) An entity that designs, manufactures, assembles, or
   25  procures any goods or services needed for an office environment,
   26  including, but not limited to, the design, manufacturing,
   27  assembly, and procurement of computers, printers, or
   28  interoperable videoconferencing services; and
   29         (b) Whose parent company, controlling interest, or
   30  substantial shareholder is domiciled in the People’s Republic of
   31  China and must comply with the 2015 National Security Law, the
   32  2017 National Intelligence Law, or other Chinese law that
   33  requires the parent company, controlling interest, or
   34  substantial stakeholder to cooperate with the Chinese national
   35  defense or national intelligence agencies; or
   36         (c) A Chinese-domiciled company in which the government of
   37  China has an ownership stake; or
   38         (d) An entity or a subsidiary of a parent company included
   39  in the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Uyghur
   40  Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List; or
   41         (e) A subsidiary of an entity or an entity controlled by
   42  another entity described in this subsection.
   43         (2) On or after July 1, 2026, a covered foreign entity is
   44  ineligible to, and may not, bid on, submit a proposal for, or
   45  enter into or renew a contract, either directly or through a
   46  third party, with an agency for goods, services, or the
   47  procurement of computers, printers, or interoperable
   48  videoconferencing services needed for an office environment.
   49         (3) The prohibition described in subsection (2) applies to
   50  any local agency, local government, or local entity that is a
   51  recipient of state funds that may be used for the procurement,
   52  purchase, or expenditure of funds for any equipment or services
   53  described in subsection (2).
   54         (4) An entity that submits a bid or proposal pursuant to
   55  this section must certify in its bid or proposal that it is not
   56  a covered foreign entity.
   57         (5) If a contracting agency, local government, or local
   58  entity described in subsection (3) determines that an entity has
   59  submitted a false certification or that an entity is a covered
   60  foreign entity, the contracting agency, local government, or
   61  local entity must immediately terminate the contract with the
   62  entity.
   63         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.