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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 3/4/2026 Senate - CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/4/2026 Senate - CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Appropriations (AP)
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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
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CS/CS/SB 1178, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/4/2026 at 7:22 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 905 (e1) Foreign Influence Government Operations Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 3/3/2026 S Received 
Citations - Statutes (20)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 11.045 Lobbying before the Legislature; registration and reporting; exemptions; penalties. Page 5 (pdf) 63.213 Preplanned adoption agreement. Page 6 (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) 112.3215 Lobbying before the executive branch or the Constitution Revision Commission; registration and reporting; investigation by commission. Page 10 (pdf) 112.3261 Lobbying before water management districts; registration and reporting. Page 11 (pdf) 205.0532 Revocation or refusal to renew; doing business with Cuba. Page 12 (pdf) 282.802 Government Technology Modernization Council. Page 29 (pdf) 287.138 Contracting with entities of foreign countries of concern prohibited. Page 12 (pdf) 288.816 Intergovernmental relations. Page 16 (pdf) 288.8175 Linkage institutes between postsecondary institutions in this state and foreign countries. Page 17 (pdf) 288.854 Support for a free and independent Cuba. Page 19 (pdf) 288.860 International cultural agreements. Page 20 (pdf) 316.0078 Prohibition on contracting for camera systems of vendors of foreign countries of concern. Page 21 (pdf) 496.404 Definitions. Page 22 (pdf) 692.201 Definitions. Page 23 (pdf) 692.21 Page 23 (pdf) 742.15 Gestational surrogacy contract. Page 26 (pdf) 775.08255 Page 27 (pdf) 775.36 Page 28 (pdf) -
CS/SB 1178, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 1/29/2026 at 11:17 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 905 (e1) Foreign Influence Government Operations Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 3/3/2026 S Received
Committee Amendments (2)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 730916 - Amendment
Delete line 303 and insert:Judiciary
(Grall)2/2/2026
12:49 PMWithdrawn
2/3/2026Web Page
PDF802316 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Appropriations
(Grall)3/2/2026
9:08 AM
(Late Filed)Replaced by Committee Substitute
3/3/2026Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 2/3/2026 1:00 PM Judiciary 11 Yeas - 0 Nays 3/2/2026 12:00 PM Appropriations 11 Yeas - 5 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) -
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: 3/3/2026 S Received
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
1/28/2026Web Page
PDFCommittee 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)