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S1178Introduced in the Senate

Foreign Influence

Introduced

Introduced by Appropriations

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Died on Calendar

March 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Appropriations · March 2, 2026

11

Yes

5

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

18 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Filed

  2. Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Appropriations

  3. Introduced

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

  5. CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

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

  7. Now in Judiciary

  8. CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time

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

  10. Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

  11. Now in Appropriations

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

  13. CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 5

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

  15. CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time

  16. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  17. Died on Calendar

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