Florida H1471 Enacts Counter-Terrorism Laws Against Domestic Organizations
Summary
Florida enacted H1471 on April 7, 2026 (Chapter No. 2026-28), establishing comprehensive counter-terrorism laws targeting domestic organizations. The law authorizes the Chief of Domestic Security to designate organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations, subject to Governor and Cabinet approval, and creates multiple criminal offenses including material support, membership, and receiving military training from terrorist organizations.
What changed
Florida H1471 creates a new counter-terrorism framework authorizing the Chief of Domestic Security to designate organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations, with designations requiring approval by the Governor and Cabinet majority vote and publication in the Florida Administrative Register. The law establishes criminal offenses for receiving military training from domestic terrorist organizations, knowingly providing material support or resources, and willfully serving under the direction or control of such organizations.
Affected parties include corporations at risk of administrative dissolution if designated as terrorist organizations, individuals facing criminal penalties for membership or material support, and students prohibited from receiving fee waivers or public institution funds if found to promote terrorist organizations. Organizations operating in Florida should monitor designations and ensure compliance with the new criminal provisions.
What to do next
- Monitor for terrorist organization designations published in the Florida Administrative Register
- Ensure compliance with prohibitions on providing material support or resources to designated organizations
- Review corporate status and governance if operating in Florida given potential administrative dissolution authority
Penalties
Administrative corporate dissolution for organizations designated as terrorist organizations; criminal prosecution for material support, membership, and receiving military training from domestic terrorist organizations (specific penalties not detailed in the enactment summary)
Source document (simplified)
ChangeBridge / Florida / H1471 Enacted H1471 H Enacted 2026-04-07
Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations
Providing that the Department of State may administratively dissolve a corporation that has been designated as a terrorist organization in certain situations; providing that a person who receives military training from a domestic terrorist organization in certain situations commits a specified crime; providing a person who knowingly provides or attempts or conspires to provide material support or resources to a domestic terrorist organization commits a specified crime; providing that a person who willfully becomes a member of a domestic terrorist organization and serves under the direction or control of such organization with a specified intent commits a specified crime; authorizing the Chief of Domestic Security to designate an organization a domestic terrorist organization or a foreign terrorist organization if certain requirements are met; requiring the Chief to provide specified written notice to the Governor, the Cabinet, and the organization of the designation; providing that the Governor and the Cabinet may by a majority vote approve or reject the designation; requiring the Chief to publish such designation in the Florida Administrative Register within a specified time period after approval of the designation by the Governor and the Cabinet; providing that certain students of school districts and Florida College System institutions are ineligible for specified fee waivers; prohibiting students who promote domestic terrorist organization or foreign terrorist organizations from being awarded certain public institution funds, etc.
Bill Details
State Florida
Session 2026 Regular Session
Chamber House
Official Source www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1471
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Sponsors
Judiciary Committee Education & Employment Committee Hillary Cassel (Rep - R) Jessica Baker (Rep - R) Doug Bankson (Rep - R) Webster Barnaby (Rep - R) Yvette Benarroch (Rep - R) Dean Black (Rep - R) David Borrero (Rep - R) Robert Brackett (Rep - R) Linda Chaney (Rep - R) Nan Cobb (Rep - R) William Conerly (Rep - R) Tiffany Esposito (Rep - R) Peggy Gossett-Seidman (Rep - R) Philip Griffitts (Rep - R) Jeff Holcomb (Rep - R) Berny Jacques (Rep - R) Kim Kendall (Rep - R) Randy Maggard (Rep - R) Monique Miller (Rep - R) Danny Nix (Rep - R) Bill Partington (Rep - R) Jenna Persons-Mulicka (Rep - R) Rachel Plakon (Rep - R) Michelle Salzman (Rep - R) Dana Trabulsy (Rep - R) Chase Tramont (Rep - R) Taylor Yarkosky (Rep - R)
Action History
2026-04-07 Chapter No. 2026-28 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor 2026-03-31 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor 2026-03-12 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled 2026-03-12 H CS passed as amended; YEAS 80, NAYS 25 2026-03-12 H Amendment 173774 Concur 2026-03-12 H Added to Senate Message List 2026-03-05 H In Messages 2026-03-05 S CS passed as amended; YEAS 25 NAYS 11 2026-03-05 S Read 3rd time 2026-03-05 S Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted (173774) 2026-03-05 S Amendment(s) adopted 2026-03-05 S Amendment(s) failed (569926) 2026-03-05 S Read 2nd time 2026-03-05 S Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1632 2026-03-05 S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading 2026-03-05 S Withdrawn from Rules 2026-03-03 S Received 2026-03-03 S Referred to Rules 2026-03-03 S In Messages 2026-03-03 H CS passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 26 2026-03-03 H Read 3rd time 2026-03-03 H Added to Third Reading Calendar 2026-03-03 H Amendment 716683 Failed 2026-03-03 H Read 2nd time 2026-02-26 H 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) 2026-02-26 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026) 2026-02-26 H Bill referred to House Calendar 2026-02-26 H CS Filed 2026-02-26 H Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) 2026-02-26 H Reported out of Judiciary Committee 2026-02-26 H Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee 2026-02-24 H PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda 2026-02-11 H Now in Judiciary Committee 2026-02-11 H Referred to Judiciary Committee 2026-02-10 H 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) 2026-02-10 H CS Filed 2026-02-10 H Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) 2026-02-10 H Reported out of Education & Employment Committee 2026-02-10 H Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee 2026-02-06 H Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda 2026-01-29 H Now in Education & Employment Committee 2026-01-29 H Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee 2026-01-29 H Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee 2026-01-27 H Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda 2026-01-15 H Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee 2026-01-15 H Referred to Judiciary Committee 2026-01-15 H Referred to Education & Employment Committee 2026-01-15 H Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee 2026-01-13 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) 2026-01-09 H Filed
Votes
2026-01-29 House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee Yea: 14 Nay: 3 2026-02-10 House Education & Employment Committee Yea: 16 Nay: 4 2026-02-26 House Judiciary Committee Yea: 13 Nay: 5 2026-03-03 House: Third Reading RCS#645 Yea: 81 Nay: 26 2026-03-05 Senate: Third Reading RCS#33 Yea: 25 Nay: 11 2026-03-12 House: Third Reading RCS#820 Yea: 80 Nay: 25
Committee Referrals
2026-01-15 H Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee 2026-01-29 H Education & Employment Committee 2026-02-11 H Judiciary
Amendments
2026-02-09 House Committee Amendment #018733 2026-02-27 House Floor Amendment #716683 2026-03-04 Senate Floor Amendment #569926 2026-03-04 Senate Floor Amendment #915608 2026-03-05 Senate Floor Amendment #294294 to Amendment (915608) Adopted 2026-03-05 Senate Floor Amendment #173774 Adopted 2026-03-12 House Floor Amendment #441185 to Amendment (173774)
Bill Text Versions
2026-01-09 Introduced 2026-02-10 Comm Sub 2026-02-26 Comm Sub 2026-03-12 Engrossed 2026-03-12 Enrolled Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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