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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 1712

Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit
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Martin
FILED BY
Jonathan Martin — District 33, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Filed under Criminal Justice.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

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.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Mandates a new state counterintelligence unit with broad operational powers.

The Department of Law Enforcement must create a new statewide counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. This unit will be housed at the department’s regional operational center and must be fully staffed by 2033.

The unit is authorized to conduct direct action missions and use all counterintelligence tradecraft. It may execute arrests or reveal its intent to compel a response against identified threats.

The unit must be composed of at least seven teams, with one team assigned to each regional domestic security task force. Each team must include specific leadership and liaison roles.

Team members must have prior experience or formal training in intelligence, counterintelligence, or counterterrorism. This ensures the unit is staffed with specialized personnel.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Mandatory Unit Creation and Staffing majors. 943.0316(3)

AIRequires the Department of Law Enforcement to establish a dedicated counterintelligence unit and mandates specific staffing levels and timelines.

“The Department of Law Enforcement shall establish and administer a Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit” bill text, line 47 →
§ 2 Broad Definition of Adversary majors. 943.0316(2)

AIDefines 'adversary intelligence entity' to include any person or group whose views or opinions are deemed a threat to state or national interests.

“any national, foreign, multinational, friendly, competitor, opponent, adversary, or recognized enemy government or nongovernmental organization” bill text, line 39 →
§ 3 Authority for Direct Action majors. 943.0316(3)

AIGrants the unit the power to conduct direct action missions and use all counterintelligence tradecraft to neutralize threats.

“The unit may conduct direct action missions on its own against a threat or may incorporate with or into other units” bill text, line 57 →
§ 4 Mandatory Federal and State Liaison Roles moderates. 943.0316(5)(b)(3)

AIRequires each team to include specific liaison officers for federal, state, and local agencies to ensure coordination.

“one of whom must be a regional federal liaison officer, one of whom must be a regional state liaison officer” bill text, line 87 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2/12/2026
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2/11/2026
Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
2/6/2026
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 37...
1/22/2026
Introduced
1/16/2026
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal...
1/9/2026
Filed
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 943.0316
+562 / −0
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