Skip to Navigation | Skip to Main Content | Skip to Site Map

FLHouse.gov | Mobile Site

Senate Tracker: Sign Up | Login

The Florida Senate

Track This Bill

Glossary of Legislative Terms

CS/SB 1178: Foreign Influence

GENERAL BILL by Ethics and Elections ; Grall ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Avila

Foreign Influence; Citing this act as the “Foreign Interference Restriction and Enforcement Act”; requiring agents of foreign countries of concern and foreign-supported political organizations to register with the Division of Elections; requiring periodic updates by such agents and organizations; defining the terms “designated foreign terrorist organization” and “foreign country of concern”; prohibiting a governmental entity from entering into certain contracts with certain entities owned or partially owned by foreign sources of concern or affiliated with a foreign country of concern, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/3/2026 Senate - Now in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

View By Bill Version View By Category

Expand All Collapse All

  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/6/2026 Senate • Filed
    1/12/2026 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Appropriations
    1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
    1/23/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/28/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
    1/28/2026 Senate • CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
    1/29/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Judiciary
    • CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time
    • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    2/3/2026 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
    • Now in Appropriations

    Top of SectionTop of Page

  • CS/SB 1178, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/29/2026 at 11:17 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 1/29/2026 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/2/2026 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/3/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 905 (c2) Foreign Influence Government Operations Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 2/3/2026 H CS Filed Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    730916 - Amendment
    Delete line 303 and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Grall)     		2/2/2026
    12:49 PM     		Withdrawn
    2/3/2026     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/3/2026 1:00 PM Judiciary 11 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (13)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    106.031 Page 3 (pdf)
    112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys. Page 8 (pdf)
    112.3142 Ethics training for specified constitutional officers, elected municipal officers, commissioners of community redevelopment agencies, and elected local officers of independent special districts. Page 9 (pdf)
    287.138 Contracting with entities of foreign countries of concern prohibited. Page 10 (pdf)
    288.816 Intergovernmental relations. Page 12 (pdf)
    288.8175 Linkage institutes between postsecondary institutions in this state and foreign countries. Page 12 (pdf)
    288.860 International cultural agreements. Page 14 (pdf)
    316.0078 Prohibition on contracting for camera systems of vendors of foreign countries of concern. Page 21 (pdf)
    496.404 Definitions. Page 15 (pdf)
    692.201 Definitions. Page 16 (pdf)
    692.21 Page 16 (pdf)
    775.08255 Page 19 (pdf)
    775.36 Page 20 (pdf)

    Top of SectionTop of Page

  • SB 1178, Original Filed Version Posted 1/6/2026 at 9:33 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 1/27/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 905 Foreign Influence Government Operations Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 2/3/2026 H CS Filed Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    226318 - Amendment
    Delete lines 192 - 589 and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Grall)     		1/28/2026
    7:45 AM
    (Late Filed)     		Favorable
    1/28/2026     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/28/2026 10:30 AM Ethics and Elections 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (13)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    106.031 Page 3 (pdf)
    112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys. Page 7 (pdf)
    112.3142 Ethics training for specified constitutional officers, elected municipal officers, commissioners of community redevelopment agencies, and elected local officers of independent special districts. Page 8 (pdf)
    282.802 Government Technology Modernization Council. Page 19 (pdf)
    287.138 Contracting with entities of foreign countries of concern prohibited. Page 9 (pdf)
    288.816 Intergovernmental relations. Page 11 (pdf)
    288.8175 Linkage institutes between postsecondary institutions in this state and foreign countries. Page 12 (pdf)
    288.860 International cultural agreements. Page 13 (pdf)
    316.0078 Prohibition on contracting for camera systems of vendors of foreign countries of concern. Page 20 (pdf)
    496.404 Definitions. Page 14 (pdf)
    692.21 Page 15 (pdf)
    775.08255 Page 17 (pdf)
    775.36 Page 18 (pdf)

    Top of SectionTop of Page