CS/CS/SB 1178: Foreign Influence
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Ethics and Elections ; Grall ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Avila
Foreign Influence; Citing this act as the “Foreign Interference Restriction and Enforcement Act”; prohibiting preplanned adoption agreements unless certain conditions are met; prohibiting specified persons from soliciting or accepting anything of value from a designated foreign terrorist organization, a foreign country of concern, or persons or entities representing such organizations or countries; authorizing any appropriate tax collector to revoke or refuse to renew business tax receipts of specified individuals, businesses, or entities; prohibiting a governmental entity from knowingly entering into certain contracts with foreign sources of concern; removing the Florida-China Institute from the list of linkage institutes, etc.
Last Action: 3/4/2026 Senate - CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Appropriations (AP)
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 |
| 2/25/2026 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building |
| 3/2/2026 | Senate |
• CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 5 |
| 3/4/2026 | Senate |
• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time |
