Florida SB 1402: Inmate Confinement

Bill Text

1402 
Taiwan 
2026-01-08T03:21:22Z 
Expressing appreciation for the sister state relationship and bilateral economic and cultural ties between the State of Florida and Taiwan and encouraging the Governor to lead a trade and economic delegation to Taiwan in 2026, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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Resolution 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 (NP) SR 1402 

 By Senator Calatayud 

 38-01815-26 20261402__ 
 1 Senate Resolution 
 2 A resolution expressing appreciation for the sister 
 3 state relationship and bilateral economic and cultural 
 4 ties between the State of Florida and Taiwan and 
 5 encouraging the Governor to lead a trade and economic 
 6 delegation to Taiwan in 2026. 
 7 
 8 WHEREAS, the Taiwan Relations Act was signed into United 
 9 States law in 1979, formally establishing the basis for the 
 10 continued commercial and cultural relations between the people 
 11 of the United States and Taiwan, and 
 12 WHEREAS, the administration of Taiwan has continued with 
 13 its signature Integrated Diplomacy proposed by President Lai 
 14 Ching-te, demonstrating that Taiwan is a pivotal force for 
 15 stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, and 
 16 WHEREAS, the United States severely condemned China for 
 17 misusing the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 in 
 18 its attempt to isolate Taiwan at the United Nations Security 
 19 Council in April 2025, and reiterated that Resolution 2758 did 
 20 not preclude Taiwan’s participation in the United Nations system 
 21 or other multilateral forums, and 
 22 WHEREAS, President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Assurance 
 23 Implementation Act and the National Defense Authorization Act 
 24 for Fiscal Year 2026 in December 2025, demonstrating strong 
 25 bipartisan support from Congress and the executive branch for 
 26 deepening Taiwan-U.S. relations and bolstering Taiwan’s defense 
 27 capabilities, and 
 28 WHEREAS, Taiwan is the United States’ seventh-largest 
 29 trading partner, as well as Florida’s fourth-largest bilateral 
 30 merchandise trading partner in the Asia-Pacific region, and 
 31 Taiwan’s economy is exceptionally strong, exceeding a GDP growth 
 32 rate of 7 percent in 2025, and 
 33 WHEREAS, the beef working group of the 2025 Taiwan 
 34 Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission that visited Florida in 
 35 September 2025 learned the advantages of Florida’s cattle 
 36 industry, underscoring Taiwan’s commitment to strengthen its 
 37 beef trade with Florida and explore opportunities for expanding 
 38 bilateral cooperation based on the Taiwan-Florida Memorandum of 
 39 Understanding, and 
 40 WHEREAS, the Florida Leadership Mission, approved by 
 41 Governor Ron DeSantis and composed of leaders from state 
 42 government, economic development organizations, universities, 
 43 and representatives from the business community, visited Taiwan 
 44 in October 2025 to expand strategic cooperation between Taiwan 
 45 and Florida and advance collaboration in critical sectors, and 
 46 WHEREAS, since November 1, 2012, Taiwan has been a member 
 47 of the United States Visa Waiver Program, which enhances the 
 48 convenience of two-way travel for business and tourism, 
 49 reflecting the cooperation between the United States and Taiwan, 
 50 and 
 51 WHEREAS, the launch of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 on June 25, 
 52 2019, a joint United States-Taiwan collaborative space mission 
 53 consisting of a constellation of six satellites designed to 
 54 enhance the accuracy of atmospheric weather prediction, has 
 55 demonstrated the mutual benefit born from the relations between 
 56 Florida and Taiwan, and 
 57 WHEREAS, Taiwan actively participates in international 
 58 organizations, including the World Health Assembly, the United 
 59 Nations, the International Criminal Police Organization, and the 
 60 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, while 
 61 also maintaining its membership status in both the Asia-Pacific 
 62 Economic Cooperation and the World Trade Organization, as well 
 63 as participating, observing, and cooperating with more than 50 
 64 additional international organizations, and 
 65 WHEREAS, the economic bonds between the United States and 
 66 Taiwan continue to flourish, embodied by the signing of the 
 67 United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First 
 68 Agreement Implementation Act in August 2023; the extension of 
 69 the Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue Memorandum of 
 70 Cooperation for an additional 5 years; the inclusion of Taiwan 
 71 in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework; and the introduction of 
 72 the United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act in 
 73 Congress in January 2025, and 
 74 WHEREAS, since the establishment of the Taipei Economic and 
 75 Cultural Office in Miami in 1988, Taiwan has developed a sister 
 76 state relationship with Florida and multiple sister city 
 77 relations within this state, and Florida is proud of its 34 
 78 year-long sister state