Florida SB 1178: Foreign Influence

Bill Text

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Foreign Influence 
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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. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1178 

 By the Committees on Appropriations; and Ethics and Elections; 
 and Senators Grall and Avila 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to foreign influence; providing a 
 3 short title; amending s. 11.045, F.S.; requiring 
 4 lobbyists to disclose on registration forms whether 
 5 each principal represented is a foreign country of 
 6 concern or an entity organized under or having its 
 7 principal place of business in a foreign country of 
 8 concern; defining the term “foreign country of 
 9 concern”; amending s. 63.213, F.S.; prohibiting 
 10 preplanned adoption agreements unless certain 
 11 conditions are met; amending s. 112.313, F.S.; 
 12 defining the terms “designated foreign terrorist 
 13 organization” and “foreign country of concern”; 
 14 prohibiting specified persons from soliciting or 
 15 accepting anything of value from a designated foreign 
 16 terrorist organization, a foreign country of concern, 
 17 or persons or entities representing such organizations 
 18 or countries; amending s. 112.3142, F.S.; requiring 
 19 the Commission on Ethics to adopt certain rules by a 
 20 specified date; amending ss. 112.3215 and 112.3261, 
 21 F.S.; requiring lobbyists to disclose on registration 
 22 forms whether each principal represented is a foreign 
 23 country of concern or an entity organized under or 
 24 having its principal place of business in a foreign 
 25 country of concern; defining the term “foreign country 
 26 of concern”; amending s. 205.0532, F.S.; authorizing 
 27 any appropriate tax collector to revoke or refuse to 
 28 renew business tax receipts of specified individuals, 
 29 businesses, or entities; authorizing such tax 
 30 collector or a local governing authority to request a 
 31 specified sworn affidavit or declaration from such 
 32 individual, business, or entity; providing criminal 
 33 penalties; amending s. 287.138, F.S.; revising 
 34 definitions and defining terms; prohibiting a 
 35 governmental entity from knowingly entering into 
 36 certain contracts with foreign sources of concern; 
 37 prohibiting governmental entities from extending and 
 38 renewing certain contracts beginning on a specified 
 39 date; prohibiting governmental entities from accepting 
 40 a bid on, a proposal for, or a reply to, or entering 
 41 into, contracts involving information technology or 
 42 providing access to an individual’s personal 
 43 identifying information unless a certain affidavit 
 44 signed by an officer or a representative is provided 
 45 to the governmental entity beginning on a specified 
 46 date; authorizing a governmental entity to enter into, 
 47 extend, or renew certain contracts if the Department 
 48 of Management Services makes specified written 
 49 determinations; requiring the department to submit to 
 50 the Governor and Legislature specified written reports 
 51 beginning on a specified date; providing 
 52 applicability; authorizing the department to create a 
 53 specified list and to adopt rules; amending s. 
 54 288.816, F.S.; prohibiting certain activities 
 55 encouraging affiliations with foreign countries of 
 56 concern; requiring the Department of Commerce to 
 57 publish and update certain information on its website; 
 58 amending s. 288.8175, F.S.; removing the Florida-China 
 59 Institute from the list of linkage institutes; 
 60 deleting an exemption for linkage institutes; 
 61 prohibiting a linkage institute from entering into an 
 62 agreement or participating in an activity with a 
 63 foreign country of concern; amending s. 288.854, F.S.; 
 64 authorizing the Governor to suspend certain laws or 
 65 rules relating to Cuba for a specified period under 
 66 certain circumstances; prohibiting such suspension 
 67 from being renewed or extended; prohibiting the 
 68 Governor from suspending the same laws or rules 
 69 without express authorization from the Legislature; 
 70 requiring the Governor to submit to the Legislature 
 71 certain written recommendations within a specified 
 72 timeframe; providing for future legislative re