---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foreign Influence"
description: "Foreign Influence; Defines the terms \"designated foreign terrorist organization\" and \"foreign country of concern\"; provides penalties for specified persons who solicit or accept anything of value from persons or entities representing a designated foreign terrorist organization or a foreign country of concern; requiring the Commission on Ethics to adopt certain rules by a specified date; authorizes any appropriate tax collector to revoke or refuse to renew business tax receipts of specified individuals, businesses, or entities; prohibits certain activities encouraging affiliations with foreign countries of concern; requires the Department of Commerce to publish and update certain information on its website; deleting the Florida-China Institute from the list of linkage institutes; authorizes the Governor to suspend certain laws or rules relating to Cuba for a specified period under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 905"
citation: "Florida HB 905 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure", "domestic relations", "electors and elections", "motor vehicles", "real and personal property", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-66"
primary_sponsors: ["Persons-Mulicka"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 59
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-12-23"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b338df0-ee09-4446-b652-2d582aa8ecb9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/905/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ccd7940e04305c4dceed236c27fd9a31934df619642f98c3e4505a01d35de47f"
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 905 (2026) — Foreign Influence

Foreign Influence; Defines the terms "designated foreign terrorist organization" and "foreign country of concern"; provides penalties for specified persons who solicit or accept anything of value from persons or entities representing a designated foreign terrorist organization or a foreign country of concern; requiring the Commission on Ethics to adopt certain rules by a specified date; authorizes any appropriate tax collector to revoke or refuse to renew business tax receipts of specified individuals, businesses, or entities; prohibits certain activities encouraging affiliations with foreign countries of concern; requires the Department of Commerce to publish and update certain information on its website; deleting the Florida-China Institute from the list of linkage institutes; authorizes the Governor to suspend certain laws or rules relating to Cuba for a specified period under certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-66.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 905 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/905/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 905 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/905/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 905 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/905/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 905 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/905/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 905 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/905/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 905 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/905/BillText/e2/PDF)
7. **H 905 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/905/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **86–20** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **24–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **83–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Persons-Mulicka — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Alvarez, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-23** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-01-30** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-01-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-03** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Amendment 942243 adopted
- **2026-03-03** Amendment 231443 adopted
- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 86, NAYS 20 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/12/26
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment(s) adopted (930088)
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** In Messages
- **2026-03-13** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-13** Amendment 889739 Failed
- **2026-03-13** Amendment 930088 Concur
- **2026-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Chapter No. 2026-66

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b338df0-ee09-4446-b652-2d582aa8ecb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).