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State Government / Florida / Legislation / SB 1178

SB 1178Session 2026SenateFailed

Foreign Influence

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.

Latest development · Mar 13, 2026

Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 905 (Ch. 2026-66)

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Session
2026
Introduced
Jan 6, 2026
Latest passage
Date unavailable
TopicsSponsorsActionsDiscussion

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Budget & TaxesElections & GovernmentTransportationBusiness & Economy

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civil practice and proceduredomestic relationselectors and electionsmotor vehiclespublic businessreal and personal propertysubject index

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsor

Appropriations

Primary sponsor

Ethics and Elections

Primary sponsorGrall
cosponsorAvila

Action timeline

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View full action timeline17 actions⌄
  1. Mar 13, 2026

    Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 905 (Ch. 2026-66)

    FailureSenate
  2. Mar 12, 2026

    Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

    Senate
  3. Mar 4, 2026

    CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time

    Senate
  4. Mar 4, 2026

    Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

    Senate
  5. Mar 2, 2026

    CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 5

    Senate
  6. Feb 25, 2026

    On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

    Senate
  7. Feb 3, 2026

    Now in Appropriations

    Senate
  8. Feb 3, 2026

    Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

    Committee Passage FavorableSenate
  9. Jan 29, 2026

    On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

    Senate
  10. Jan 29, 2026

    CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time

    Senate
  11. Jan 29, 2026

    Now in Judiciary

    Senate
  12. Jan 29, 2026

    Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

    Senate
  13. Jan 28, 2026

    CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

    Senate
  14. Jan 23, 2026

    On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/28/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building

    Senate
  15. Jan 13, 2026

    Introduced

    IntroductionSenate
  16. Jan 12, 2026

    Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Appropriations

    Referral CommitteeSenate
  17. Jan 6, 2026

    Filed

    FilingSenate

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Source data last updated Aug 19, 2026.