US EditionDeSantis signs Florida law to label groups as terrorists and expel student supporters
The measure lets state officials designate groups as terrorists, dissolve them and cut off funding while barring schools from supporting them.
- On Monday, April 6, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 1471 at the USF Gibbons Alumni Center in Tampa, empowering state officials to designate domestic and foreign terrorist organizations.
- DeSantis stated the law protects "public safety, our culture, and our security" from foreign influence, building on his December executive order identifying specific Islamic organizations as terrorist groups.
- The measure bars schools affiliated with designated organizations from receiving state K-12 scholarship funds, and universities must expel students who "promote" support for such groups.
- PEN America and CAIR-Florida Executive Director Hiba Rahim condemned the law, arguing it jeopardizes student speech, freedom of religion, and due process for organizations that dissent.
- The law takes effect July 1, though DeSantis predicted the state will win on appeal despite anticipated legal challenges to the controversial measure.
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Governor Ron DeSantis passed a law on Monday that gives him, along with other Florida leaders, the ability to label groups as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations and expel students from state universities to support them. The law, criticized by freedom of expression advocates, allows a senior Florida Law Enforcement Department official to designate a group as a national or foreign terrorist organization, and for the governor and three ot…
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis passed a law this Monday that empowers state officials to designate “domestic terrorist organizations” and penalize those who support or link with them. Critics point out that the law violates freedoms protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and exceeds the limits of its functions, as that designation can only be made by the federal government. Continue reading
DeSantis signs Florida law allowing designation of "domestic terrorist organizations," raising civil rights concerns
A new Florida law allows the state to label groups as terrorist organizations and restrict funding and campus activity, while critics warn it threatens free speech and due process.
DeSantis inks bill to expel student supporters of terrorist groups
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on Monday signed a bill that will allow him and other Florida officials to designate certain organizations as terrorist groups and require public universities to expel students found to support them. The law grants a senior official at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement the ability to recommend whether a group should be labeled a domestic or foreign terrorist organization, which then must be approved by the gover…
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