Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1632
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/03/2026 .
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The Committee on Judiciary (Grall) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 260 - 389
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5 state or federal law; and
6 (II) Are intended to:
7 (A) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
8 (B) Influence the policy of a government by intimidation or
9 coercion; or
10 (C) Affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction,
11 assassination, or kidnapping.
12 c. The terrorist activity of the organization is an ongoing
13 threat to the security of this state or the United States.
14 2. A foreign terrorist organization if the Chief of
15 Domestic Security finds that the organization meets the
16 following criteria:
17 a. The organization is designated as a foreign terrorist
18 organization by the United States Secretary of State pursuant to
19 s. 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
20 b. The terrorist activity of the organization is an ongoing
21 threat to the security of this state or the United States.
22 (b) The Chief of Domestic Security shall maintain a list of
23 organizations that he or she designates as domestic terrorist
24 organizations or foreign terrorist organizations.
25 (c) At least once every 5 years, the Chief of Domestic
26 Security shall review each designation made under paragraph (a)
27 which labels an organization a domestic terrorist organization
28 or a foreign terrorist organization.
29 (2)(a) At least 7 days before making a designation under
30 subsection (1), the Chief of Domestic Security shall provide
31 written notice to the Governor and Cabinet of his or her intent
32 to designate an organization as a foreign terrorist organization
33 or a domestic terrorist organization, which notice must be
34 accompanied by written findings regarding the basis for such
35 designation.
36 (b) Upon receipt of written notice made pursuant to
37 paragraph (a), the Governor and Cabinet may, by a majority vote,
38 approve or reject a designation made by the Chief of Domestic
39 Security under subsection (1).
40 (c) Within 7 days after approval by the Governor and
41 Cabinet of a designation made by the Chief of Domestic Security
42 under subsection (1), the Chief of Domestic Security shall
43 publish the designation in the Florida Administrative Register.
44 (d) Within 30 days after publication of a designation in
45 the Florida Administrative Register, the organization designated
46 as a foreign terrorist organization or a domestic terrorist
47 organization, or any member of such organizations, may challenge
48 such designation in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial
49 Circuit in and for Leon County.
50 (e) Any criminal penalty imposed against a terrorist
51 organization may be enhanced as provided by law.
52 (3)(a) An organization designated as a domestic terrorist
53 organization or a foreign terrorist organization may petition
54 the department, at any time, for the removal of such
55 designation.
56 (b) At any time, the Governor and Cabinet may, by a
57 majority vote, remove a designation made by the Chief of
58 Domestic Security under subsection (1).
59 (4) A state agency, political subdivision, or public school
60 district authorized to expend state-appropriated funds or levy
61 ad valorem taxes may not expend such funds or taxes to support
62 an organization, or a member of an organization, designated as a
63 domestic terrorist organization or a foreign terrorist
64 organization.
65 (5) The department shall adopt rules to implement this
66 section.
67 Section 8. Paragraph (t) is added to subsection (1) of
68 section 1002.421, Florida Statutes, to read:
69 1002.421 State school choice scholarship program
70 accountability and oversight.—
71 (1) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS.—A private
72 school participating in an educational scholarship program
73 established pursuant to this chapter must be a private school as
74 defined in s. 1002.01 in this state, be registered, and be in
75 compliance with all requirements of this section in addition to
76 private school requirements outlined in s. 1002.42, specific
77 requirements identified within respective scholarship program
78 laws, and other provisions of Florida law that apply to private
79 schools, and must:
80 (t) Prohibit:
81 1. Employment of, or contracting with;
82 2. Ownership or operation by; or
83 3. Acceptance of funds from a person or an entity that is
84 affiliated with or in any way controlled by:
85 a. A designated foreign terrorist organization, as defined
86 in s. 775.32(1), or a member of such an organization;
87 b. A criminal gang or a criminal gang member as defined in
88 s. 874.03;
89 c. A terrorist organization as defined in s. 874.03;
90 d. A transnational crime organization, as defined in s.
91 874.03, or a member of such an organization;
92 e. A domestic terrorist organization as defined in s.
93 775.32;
94 f. A person or an entity that has:
95 (I) Provided material support or resources, as defined in
96 s. 775.33(1), to; or
97 (II) Received such support or resources from a designated
98 foreign terrorist organization or a domestic terrorist
99 organization, as defined in s. 775.32, or a criminal gang,
100 terrorist organization, or transnational crime organization, as
101 defined in s. 874.03; or
102 g. A person or an entity that has demonstrated a pattern or
103 practice of supporting or advocating for terrorism as defined in
104 s. 775.30(1).
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106 The department shall suspend the payment of funds to a private
107 school that knowingly fails to comply with this subsection, and
108 shall prohibit the school from enrolling new scholarship
109 students, for 1 fiscal year and until the school complies. If a
110 private school fails to meet the requirements of this subsection
111 or has consecutive years of material exceptions listed in the
112 report required under paragraph (q), the commissioner may
113 determine that the private school is ineligible to participate
114 in a scholarship program.
115 Section 9. Subsection (2) of section 1004.06, Florida
116 Statutes, is amended to read:
117 1004.06 Prohibited expenditures.—
118 (2)(a) A Florida College System institution or, state
119 university, Florida College System institution direct-support
120 organization, or state university direct-support organization
121 may not expend any state or federal funds to promote, support,
122 or maintain any programs or campus activities that:
123 1.(a) Violate s. 1000.05; or
124 2.(b) Advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, or
125 promote or engage in political or social activism, as defined by
126 rules of the State Board of Education and regulations of the
127 Board of Governors; or
128 3. Advocate for a foreign terrorist organization or a
129 domestic terrorist organization as designated by the Chief of
130 Domestic Security under s. 943.03102.
131 (b) The State Board of Education or the Board of Governors,
132 as applicable, may withhold performance-based funding of a
133 Florida College System institution or state university that
134 violates subparagraph (a)3.
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137 And the title is amended as follows:
138 Delete lines 38 - 51
139 and insert:
140 provide specified written notice to the Governor and
141 Cabinet within a certain timeframe before making a
142 designation; authorizing the Governor and Cabinet to
143 approve or reject the designation by a majority vote;
144 requiring the Chief of Domestic Security to publish
145 such designation in the Florida Administrative
146 Register within a specified timeframe after approval
147 of the designation by the Governor and Cabinet;
148 authorizing a designated organization to seek judicial
149 review within a specified timeframe in a specified
150 court; authorizing the enhancement of certain
151 penalties; authorizing a designated organization to
152 petition for removal of such designation in certain
153 circumstances; authorizing the Governor and Cabinet,
154 by a majority vote, to remove such
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