SB 1178: Foreign Influence
GENERAL BILL by Grall
Foreign Influence; Requiring agents of foreign countries of concern and foreign-supported political organizations to register with the Division of Elections; requiring periodic updates by such agents and organizations; defining the terms “designated foreign terrorist organization” and “foreign country of concern”; prohibiting a governmental entity from entering into certain contracts with certain entities owned or partially owned by foreign sources of concern or affiliated with a foreign country of concern, etc.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/6/2026 Senate • Filed
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SB 1178, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/6/2026 at 9:33 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 905 Foreign Influence Persons-Mulicka Similar Last Action: 1/5/2026 H Now in Government Operations Subcommittee 
Citations - Statutes (13)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 106.031 Page 3 (pdf) 112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys. Page 7 (pdf) 112.3142 Ethics training for specified constitutional officers, elected municipal officers, commissioners of community redevelopment agencies, and elected local officers of independent special districts. Page 8 (pdf) 282.802 Government Technology Modernization Council. Page 19 (pdf) 287.138 Contracting with entities of foreign countries of concern prohibited. Page 9 (pdf) 288.816 Intergovernmental relations. Page 11 (pdf) 288.8175 Linkage institutes between postsecondary institutions in this state and foreign countries. Page 12 (pdf) 288.860 International cultural agreements. Page 13 (pdf) 316.0078 Prohibition on contracting for camera systems of vendors of foreign countries of concern. Page 20 (pdf) 496.404 Definitions. Page 14 (pdf) 692.21 Page 15 (pdf) 775.08255 Page 17 (pdf) 775.36 Page 18 (pdf)