I appreciate you bringing this to everybody's attention. As a Floridian myself, one who's especially attentive to the asinine laws that this state proposes and far too often passes, I hadn't even heard about this law. I regularly support and donate to the Florida ACLU, Common Cause, and others here, as well as join their webinars and zoom meetings when I can and even I heard nothing about this specific law.
What makes this far more concerning still is when you take what this law enacted and combine it with what HB1471 just set in place, conveniently starting 4 days ago as well. I'm attaching a quote of of the short AI summary of that bill as a reply to this comment to give people an idea just how awful it truly is. When you add its provisions together with the bill you wrote about here, it becomes significantly more alarming.
As far as passing blatantly unconstitutional laws, this white Christofascist controlled state wrote the book. They know that our state Supreme Court is stacked with Federalist Society groomed, Desantis appointed hacks who will proudly greenlight any plainly unconstitutional garbage they pass. Therefore, they pass them and hope that any would-be plaintiffs will be unable to afford to sue and survive through all the appeals.
The little carve out for Cuba, just this one time, is par for the course. Finally, Jason Garcia's Substack 'Seeking Rents' is an amazing source for everything related to Florida legislation, budget, dark money, and corruption.
Florida's new anti-terrorism law (House Bill 1471), which took effect on July 1, 2026, authorizes the state to officially designate domestic and foreign terrorist organizations.
Spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the sweeping legislation bars designated groups from receiving public funding, penalizes "material support" with felonies, bans foreign religious codes (such as Sharia) from overriding the constitution in state courts, and mandates the expulsion of students who promote these designated organizations.
Key Components of the Law:
Terrorist Designation Process: Allows the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s (FDLE) Chief of Domestic Security to recommend groups to the Governor and the Florida Cabinet for state-level terrorist designation.
Initial Designations: Gov. DeSantis declared the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Brotherhood, Antifa, and more than 90 foreign organizations (including various international cartels) as terrorist entities under the new state framework.
Criminal Penalties: Individuals who knowingly provide "material support or resources" to designated groups, or receive military training from them, commit a specific crime under Florida law.
I appreciate you bringing this to everybody's attention. As a Floridian myself, one who's especially attentive to the asinine laws that this state proposes and far too often passes, I hadn't even heard about this law. I regularly support and donate to the Florida ACLU, Common Cause, and others here, as well as join their webinars and zoom meetings when I can and even I heard nothing about this specific law.
What makes this far more concerning still is when you take what this law enacted and combine it with what HB1471 just set in place, conveniently starting 4 days ago as well. I'm attaching a quote of of the short AI summary of that bill as a reply to this comment to give people an idea just how awful it truly is. When you add its provisions together with the bill you wrote about here, it becomes significantly more alarming.
As far as passing blatantly unconstitutional laws, this white Christofascist controlled state wrote the book. They know that our state Supreme Court is stacked with Federalist Society groomed, Desantis appointed hacks who will proudly greenlight any plainly unconstitutional garbage they pass. Therefore, they pass them and hope that any would-be plaintiffs will be unable to afford to sue and survive through all the appeals.
The little carve out for Cuba, just this one time, is par for the course. Finally, Jason Garcia's Substack 'Seeking Rents' is an amazing source for everything related to Florida legislation, budget, dark money, and corruption.
Florida's new anti-terrorism law (House Bill 1471), which took effect on July 1, 2026, authorizes the state to officially designate domestic and foreign terrorist organizations.
Spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the sweeping legislation bars designated groups from receiving public funding, penalizes "material support" with felonies, bans foreign religious codes (such as Sharia) from overriding the constitution in state courts, and mandates the expulsion of students who promote these designated organizations.
Key Components of the Law:
Terrorist Designation Process: Allows the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s (FDLE) Chief of Domestic Security to recommend groups to the Governor and the Florida Cabinet for state-level terrorist designation.
Initial Designations: Gov. DeSantis declared the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Brotherhood, Antifa, and more than 90 foreign organizations (including various international cartels) as terrorist entities under the new state framework.
Criminal Penalties: Individuals who knowingly provide "material support or resources" to designated groups, or receive military training from them, commit a specific crime under Florida law.