FL S1178 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2026 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died on Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 6 2026 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died on Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
Foreign Influence
Sponsors
| Senate Appropriations Committee | Senate Ethics and Elections Committee | Sen. Erin Grall [R] | Sen. Bryan Avila [R] |
Roll Calls
2026-03-02 - Senate - Senate Appropriations (Y: 11 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-03 - Senate - Senate Judiciary (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-28 - Senate - Senate Ethics and Elections (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-03 - Senate - Senate Judiciary (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-28 - Senate - Senate Ethics and Elections (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | Senate | Died on Calendar |
| 2026-03-12 | Senate | Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 5 |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Now in Appropriations |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate | On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate | CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate | Now in Judiciary |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate | Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 |
| 2026-01-23 | Senate | On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/28/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building |
| 2026-01-13 | Senate | Introduced |
| 2026-01-12 | Senate | Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Appropriations |
| 2026-01-06 | Senate | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
H905 (Similar To) 2026-05-11 - Chapter No. 2026-66
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 045 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 112 | 313 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 112 | 3142 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 112 | 3215 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 112 | 3261 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 205 | 0532 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 282 | 802 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 287 | 138 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 288 | 816 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 288 | 8175 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 288 | 854 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 288 | 860 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 316 | 0078 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 496 | 404 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 63 | 213 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 692 | 201 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 692 | 21 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 742 | 15 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 775 | 08255 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 775 | 36 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
