Bill Commons

FL SB 1178

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Foreign Influence

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did FL SB 1178 pass?

No. FL SB 1178 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 905 (Ch. 2026-66)

What is FL SB 1178 about?

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.

Who sponsors FL SB 1178?

Grall, Ethics and Elections, Appropriations are the primary sponsors of FL SB 1178, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

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.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 905 (Ch. 2026-66)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Grallprimary
  • Ethics and Electionsprimary
  • Appropriationsprimary
  • Avilacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-13

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

    failure

  2. 2026-03-12

    Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  3. 2026-03-04

    CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time

  4. 2026-03-04

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

  5. 2026-03-02

    CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 5

  6. 2026-02-25

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

  7. 2026-02-03

    Now in Appropriations

  8. 2026-02-03

    Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-01-29

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

  10. 2026-01-29

    CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time

  11. 2026-01-29

    Now in Judiciary

  12. 2026-01-29

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

  13. 2026-01-28

    CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

  14. 2026-01-23

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

  15. 2026-01-13

    Introduced

    introduction

  16. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Appropriations

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-01-06

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-01-28 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Avila: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Grall: yes
    • Polsky: yes
    • Rouson: yes
    • Bernard: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Garcia: other

  • Favorable

    2026-02-03 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Berman: yes
    • DiCeglie: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Hooper: yes
    • Leek: yes
    • Osgood: yes
    • Passidomo: yes
    • Polsky: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Burton: yes
    • Yarborough: yes

  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-03-02 · pass · 11-5

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Brodeur: yes
    • Burgess: yes
    • DiCeglie: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Grall: yes
    • Harrell: yes
    • Massullo: yes
    • McClain: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Hooper: yes
    • Berman: no
    • Polsky: no
    • Sharief: no
    • Smith: no
    • Rouson: no
    • Martin: other
    • Pizzo: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/ByCategory

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