Bill > S1178

Introduced Session

An act relating to foreign influence; providing a short title; amending s. 11.045, F.S.; requiring lobbyists to disclose on registration forms whether each principal represented is a foreign country of concern or an entity organized under or having its principal place of business in a foreign country of concern; defining the term “foreign country of concern”; amending s. 63.213, F.S.; prohibiting preplanned adoption agreements unless certain conditions are met; amending s. 112.313, F.S.; defining the terms “designated foreign terrorist organization” and “foreign country of concern”; 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; amending s. 112.3142, F.S.; requiring the Commission on Ethics to adopt certain rules by a specified date; amending ss. 112.3215 and 112.3261, F.S.; requiring lobbyists to disclose on registration forms whether each principal represented is a foreign country of concern or an entity organized under or having its principal place of business in a foreign country of concern; defining the term “foreign country of concern”; amending s. 205.0532, F.S.; authorizing any appropriate tax collector to revoke or refuse to renew business tax receipts of specified individuals, businesses, or entities; authorizing such tax collector or a local governing authority to request a specified sworn affidavit or declaration from such individual, business, or entity; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 287.138, F.S.; revising definitions and defining terms; prohibiting a governmental entity from knowingly entering into certain contracts with foreign sources of concern; prohibiting governmental entities from extending and renewing certain contracts beginning on a specified date; prohibiting governmental entities from accepting a bid on, a proposal for, or a reply to, or entering into, contracts involving information technology or providing access to an individual’s personal identifying information unless a certain affidavit signed by an officer or a representative is provided to the governmental entity beginning on a specified date; authorizing a governmental entity to enter into, extend, or renew certain contracts if the Department of Management Services makes specified written determinations; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and Legislature specified written reports beginning on a specified date; providing applicability; authorizing the department to create a specified list and to adopt rules; amending s. 288.816, F.S.; prohibiting certain activities encouraging affiliations with foreign countries of concern; requiring the Department of Commerce to publish and update certain information on its website; amending s. 288.8175, F.S.; removing the Florida-China Institute from the list of linkage institutes; deleting an exemption for linkage institutes; prohibiting a linkage institute from entering into an agreement or participating in an activity with a foreign country of concern; amending s. 288.854, F.S.; authorizing the Governor to suspend certain laws or rules relating to Cuba for a specified period under certain circumstances; prohibiting such suspension from being renewed or extended; prohibiting the Governor from suspending the same laws or rules without express authorization from the Legislature; requiring the Governor to submit to the Legislature certain written recommendations within a specified timeframe; providing for future legislative repeal of certain provisions; amending s. 288.860, F.S.; requiring that certain agreements be terminated by a specified date; amending s. 316.0078, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms “controlling interest” and “foreign country of concern”; amending s. 496.404, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “foreign source of concern”; amending s. 692.201, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “foreign country of concern”; creating s. 692.21, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting certain entities with access to critical infrastructure facilities from entering into certain contracts or agreements with foreign sources of concern; requiring, beginning on a specified date, certain entities to register with the Department of Commerce by a specified date for a specified timeframe; requiring the department to adopt registration forms; providing requirements for such forms; providing civil and criminal penalties; requiring certain entities to provide a signed affidavit to the department attesting that the buyer or transferee of a critical infrastructure facility is not a foreign source of concern; prohibiting information technology from a foreign source of concern from being used in critical infrastructure facilities; authorizing a governmental entity or business entity to enter into certain contracts or agreements if the department, in consultation with the Department of Management Services, makes specified written determinations; requiring the Department of Commerce to submit to the Governor and Legislature specified written reports beginning on a specified date; providing applicability; requiring the department to adopt rules; amending s. 742.15, F.S.; prohibiting contracts for gestational surrogacy unless certain conditions are met; creating s. 775.08255, F.S.; defining terms; providing for the reclassification of criminal penalties under certain circumstances; providing a minimum mandatory term of imprisonment; creating s. 775.36, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting enforcement of certain laws of a foreign government; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 282.802, F.S.; conforming a cross reference; providing an effective date.

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Erin Grall (R)*,  Bryan Ávila (R), 

Other Sponsors (2)

CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time (on 03/04/2026)

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