Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1178: Foreign Influence
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.…
From the introduced text, March 4, 2026:
A bill to be entitled 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 …
Sponsors
- Appropriations · primary sponsor
- Grall, Erin (R, SD-029) · primary sponsor
- Bryan Avila (R, 39)
Latest actions
- : Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 905 (Ch. 2026-66)
- : Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- : CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- : Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- : CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 5
- : On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- : Now in Appropriations
- : Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- : On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- : CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time
Votes
- Senate: S 1178 c1 (March 2, 2026): 11 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Senate: S 1178 c1 (February 3, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: S 1178 Filed (January 28, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Appropriations, Ethics and Elections, Judiciary
Common questions
- What is S1178?
- S1178 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Foreign Influence.
- What does S1178 do?
- In its own words: 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.…
- What is the status of S1178?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 905 (Ch. 2026-66) (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1178?
- Appropriations, with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S1178?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178
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