HB 905: Foreign Influence
GENERAL BILL by Persons-Mulicka
Foreign Influence; Requires agents of foreign principals & foreign-supported political organizations to register with Division of Elections; provides registration requirements; requires periodic updates by such agents & organizations; requires foreign supported political organizations to register with division on specified form created by division within specified timeframe; provides requirements for such forms; prohibits specified persons from soliciting or accepting anything of value from foreign country of concern; requires Commission on Ethics to adopt certain rules by specified date; prohibits certain activities encouraging affiliations with foreign countries of concern; requires Department of Commerce to publish & update certain information on its website; removes Florida-China Institute from list of linkage institutes; prohibits linkage institute from entering into agreement or participating in activity with foreign country of concern; requires certain agreements to be terminated by specified date; prohibits certain entities with access to critical infrastructure facilities from entering into certain contracts with foreign principals; etc.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/23/2025 House • Filed
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HB 905, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/23/2025 at 11:44 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None 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 9 (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 10 (pdf) 282.802 Government Technology Modernization Council. Page 23 (pdf) 287.138 Contracting with entities of foreign countries of concern prohibited. Page 11 (pdf) 288.816 Intergovernmental relations. Page 13 (pdf) 288.8175 Linkage institutes between postsecondary institutions in this state and foreign countries. Page 14 (pdf) 288.860 International cultural agreements. Page 16 (pdf) 316.0078 Prohibition on contracting for camera systems of vendors of foreign countries of concern. Page 24 (pdf) 496.404 Definitions. Page 17 (pdf) 692.21 Page 18 (pdf) 775.08255 Page 20 (pdf) 775.36 Page 22 (pdf)