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