--- type: "Bill" title: "Foreign Countries of Concern" description: "Foreign Countries of Concern; Prohibiting laboratories from using certain operational or research software produced in or by a foreign country of concern, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign country of concern, or a company domiciled within a foreign country of concern; providing certain protections for licensees who fail to obtain assurances from a person or an entity that indirectly owns a controlling interest in the licensee or indirectly holds an interest in certain entities, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 768" citation: "Florida SB 768 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-96" primary_sponsors: ["Calatayud", "Judiciary"] version_count: 6 action_count: 44 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2025-02-14" last_action: "2025-05-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28150d85-eaee-4b70-8088-d2cb058323cc" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/768/ByCategory" source_hash: "cb069fc7596edc79820bffd678315ddafd24e3ae5be3ab515d5239f85f984294" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"] --- # Florida SB 768 (2025) — Foreign Countries of Concern Foreign Countries of Concern; Prohibiting laboratories from using certain operational or research software produced in or by a foreign country of concern, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign country of concern, or a company domiciled within a foreign country of concern; providing certain protections for licensees who fail to obtain assurances from a person or an entity that indirectly owns a controlling interest in the licensee or indirectly holds an interest in certain entities, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-96. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 768 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/768/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 768 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/768/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 768 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/768/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 768 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/768/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 768 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/768/BillText/e2/HTML) 6. **S 768 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/768/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Passage — **114–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–1** (pass) · upper - Returning Messages — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable — **24–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Calatayud — primary (person) - Health Policy — primary (organization) - Judiciary — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-14** Filed `filing` - **2025-02-28** Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee` - **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction` - **2025-03-13** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2025-03-18** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 - **2025-03-20** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2025-03-20** Now in Judiciary - **2025-03-26** CS by Health Policy read 1st time - **2025-03-27** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2025-04-01** CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 - **2025-04-02** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2025-04-02** CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time - **2025-04-03** Now in Rules - **2025-04-03** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2025-04-08** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25 - **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-16** Amendment(s) adopted (510594) - **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-16** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-16** Immediately certified - **2025-04-16** In Messages - **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) - **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-29** Amendment 652203 adopted - **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-29** In returning messages - **2025-05-01** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (756034) - **2025-05-01** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (652203) - **2025-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-05-01** In Messages - **2025-05-02** Senate Message List - **2025-05-02** Amendment 756034 Concur - **2025-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-05-02** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-28** Chapter No. 2025-96 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28150d85-eaee-4b70-8088-d2cb058323cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).