DeSantis signs law taking tough stance against ‘foreign countries of concern’

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: May 8, 2026

Words: 968

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on Friday restrictions on government contact with what the state lists as foreign “countries of concern” and prohibits public employees and officials from accepting gifts from those countries.

The governor signed the measure (HB 905) into law at the Bay of Pigs Museum & Library in Miami, an appropriate site in that it also spells out support for a “free and independent Cuba.”

The bill says that if …

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