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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1712: Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1712 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 9, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit. Primary sponsor: Jonathan Martin (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to establish and administer a Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit at a specified location; requiring that a team from the unit be assigned to and aligned with each regional domestic security task force; specifying unit duties; requiring the department to create a team by a specified date to serve as the initial leadership and organizational core of the full unit, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jonathan MartinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate33

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  2. Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  3. Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
  4. On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  5. Introduced
  6. Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
  7. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source