---
type: "Bill"
title: "Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations"
description: "Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations; Providing that the Department of State may administratively dissolve a corporation that has been designated as a terrorist organization in certain situations; providing that a person who receives military training from a domestic terrorist organization in certain situations commits a specified crime; providing a person who knowingly provides or attempts or conspires to provide material support or resources to a domestic terrorist organization commits a specified crime; providing that a person who willfully becomes a member of a domestic terrorist organization and serves under the direction or control of such organization with a specified intent commits a specified crime; authorizing the Chief of Domestic Security to designate an organization a domestic terrorist organization or a foreign terrorist organization if certain requirements are met; requiring the Chief to provide specified written notice to the Governor, the Cabinet, and the organization of the designation; providing that the Governor and the Cabinet may by a majority vote approve or reject the designation; requiring the Chief to publish such designation in the Florida Administrative Register within a specified time period after approval of the designation by the Governor and the Cabinet; providing that certain students of school districts and Florida College System institutions are ineligible for specified fee waivers; prohibiting students who promote domestic terrorist organization or foreign terrorist organizations from being awarded certain public institution funds, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1471"
citation: "Florida HB 1471 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "construction of statutes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-28"
primary_sponsors: ["Cassel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66264352-d3ee-41ea-a9b6-da42d31f09ae"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1471/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a9a8ba0649f6401c8549692c5ce73354ec250863a63fd6e3bfd9a9b21ce1ff68"
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 HB 1471 (2026) — Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations

Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations; Providing that the Department of State may administratively dissolve a corporation that has been designated as a terrorist organization in certain situations; providing that a person who receives military training from a domestic terrorist organization in certain situations commits a specified crime; providing a person who knowingly provides or attempts or conspires to provide material support or resources to a domestic terrorist organization commits a specified crime; providing that a person who willfully becomes a member of a domestic terrorist organization and serves under the direction or control of such organization with a specified intent commits a specified crime; authorizing the Chief of Domestic Security to designate an organization a domestic terrorist organization or a foreign terrorist organization if certain requirements are met; requiring the Chief to provide specified written notice to the Governor, the Cabinet, and the organization of the designation; providing that the Governor and the Cabinet may by a majority vote approve or reject the designation; requiring the Chief to publish such designation in the Florida Administrative Register within a specified time period after approval of the designation by the Governor and the Cabinet; providing that certain students of school districts and Florida College System institutions are ineligible for specified fee waivers; prohibiting students who promote domestic terrorist organization or foreign terrorist organizations from being awarded certain public institution funds, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-28.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1471 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1471/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1471 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1471/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1471 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1471/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1471 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1471/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1471 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1471/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **16–4** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **81–26** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **80–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cassel — primary (person)
- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Benarroch — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
- Brackett — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Conerly — cosponsor (person)
- Esposito — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffitts — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Kendall — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nix — cosponsor (person)
- Partington — cosponsor (person)
- Persons-Mulicka — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-27** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-06** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-10** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-24** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-02-26** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Amendment 716683 Failed
- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 26 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1632
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment(s) failed (569926)
- **2026-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted
- **2026-03-05** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted (173774)
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 25 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-12** Amendment 173774 Concur
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 80, NAYS 25 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-07** Chapter No. 2026-28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66264352-d3ee-41ea-a9b6-da42d31f09ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).