Overview
- Florida’s HB 1471 took effect on July 1 and Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that the state will move to designate the Council on American‑Islamic Relations, the Muslim Brotherhood, Antifa and recommendations listing more than 90 foreign groups.
- Under the law the state’s chief of domestic security must recommend groups for designation and those recommendations require a majority vote by the governor and Cabinet before they become final.
- Reported recommendation lists include cartel‑linked groups and foreign actors such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which state officials say expand the scope beyond previously targeted domestic organizations.
- If approved, designated groups could lose state contracts, public funding and access to K–12 scholarship programs and some corporate entities could face administrative dissolution while criminal penalties for material support are authorized but enforcement details remain unclear.
- Civil‑rights groups including CAIR, the SPLC and the ACLU say they will sue and legal fights are expected quickly, recalling that a December executive order with similar targets was temporarily blocked by a federal judge in March.