# Florida SB 1178: Foreign Influence

Florida SB 1178, Foreign Influence, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Erin Grall (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 905 (Ch. 2026-66)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1178-2026
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1178
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Foreign Influence
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-06
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 905 (Ch. 2026-66)
- Sponsor: Erin Grall (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Ethics and Elections, Judiciary, Appropriations
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (29 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Erin Grall (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations
- Cosponsor: Ethics and Elections

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 11 | 5 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Judiciary Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Ethics and Elections Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-03-13: Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 905 (Ch. 2026-66) (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 5 (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Now in Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/28/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-01-06: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c2, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2026-01-29: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2026-01-06: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)

## Sources
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1178/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1178-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).