republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/hb-905.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2026	HB 905	Florida HB 905 (2026)	bill	civil practice and procedure domestic relations electors and elections motor vehicles real and personal property taxation and finance	enacted	2026-66	Persons-Mulicka	7	59	6	2025-12-23	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/2b338df0-ee09-4446-b652-2d582aa8ecb9	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/905/ByCategory	ccd7940e04305c4dceed236c27fd9a31934df619642f98c3e4505a01d35de47f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. H 905 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 905 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 905 c3 (committee substitute) — source
5. H 905 e1 (engrossed) — source
6. H 905 e2 (engrossed) — source
7. H 905 er (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/2b338df0-ee09-4446-b652-2d582aa8ecb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).