Florida SB 1126: Department of Transportation

Bill Text

1126 
Prohibited Contracting with Covered Foreign Entities 
2026-01-05T11:44:00Z 
Defining the term “covered foreign entity”; providing that a covered foreign entity is ineligible to bid or submit a proposal for a contract with an agency for certain goods or services; requiring an entity to certify in its bid or proposal that it is not a covered foreign entity; requiring a contracting state agency to immediately terminate its contract with an entity that submitted a false certification or that is determined to be a covered foreign entity, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 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: 
 16 
 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.