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IntroducedJan 06, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 12, 2026: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 1178
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Sponsors
- Appropriationsprimary
- Ethics and Electionsprimary

- Avilacosponsor
Votes
Actions
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 5
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- Now in Appropriations
- Jan 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
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- Jan 23, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/28/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Jan 12, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Appropriations
- Jan 06, 2026 | Senate
- Filed
Bill Texts
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) (1/27/2026 10:51 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) (1/29/2026 1:28 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) (2/2/2026 12:32 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (2/3/2026 4:29 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) (2/27/2026 12:02 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations (Post-Meeting) (3/4/2026 7:14 PM)
