PROVIDED SUMMARY
Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit; Requires FDLE to establish & administer Statewide Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism Unit for specified purposes; provides requirements for establishing, administering, & funding such unit.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Creates a new state counterintelligence unit with broad operational powers.
The bill directs the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to create a dedicated counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. This unit will be housed at the department's regional operational center and will align with existing regional domestic security task forces.
The unit is authorized to conduct direct action missions and use all necessary counterintelligence tradecraft to neutralize threats. It will analyze patterns of life, gather actionable intelligence, and execute arrests to protect the state from identified adversary intelligence entities.
The department must create a 10-person leadership team by July 1, 2027, and expand to at least seven teams. It must request funding annually to achieve full staffing by December 30, 2033, ensuring the unit has the resources to operate statewide.
KEY PROVISIONS
AIRequires the Department of Law Enforcement to establish and administer a dedicated counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit.
“The Department of Law Enforcement shall establish and administer a Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit”
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AIDefines "adversary intelligence entity" to include any person whose views or opinions are deemed a threat to state or U.S. interests.
“any national, foreign, multinational, friendly, competitor, opponent, adversary, or recognized enemy government or nongovernmental organization”
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AIPermits the unit to conduct direct action missions on its own or incorporate with other units to stop threats.
“The unit may conduct direct action missions on its own against a threat or may incorporate with or into other units”
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AIRequires the department to request funding and positions annually to be fully staffed by December 30, 2033.
“Each fiscal year, request the appropriate number of positions and funding required for each position in order to be fully staffed no later than December 30, 2033”
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TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in State Affairs Committee
2/24/2026
Now in State Affairs Committee
2/24/2026
Reported out of Budget Committee
2/24/2026
Favorable by Budget Committee
2/20/2026
Added to Budget Committee agenda
2/3/2026
Now in Budget Committee
2/3/2026
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
2/3/2026
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
1/30/2026
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
1/29/2026
Now in Judiciary Committee
1/29/2026
Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
1/29/2026
Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
1/27/2026
Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/12/2026
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
1/12/2026
Referred to State Affairs Committee
1/12/2026
Referred to Budget Committee
1/12/2026
Referred to Judiciary Committee
1/12/2026
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
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