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Brief outlines constitutional violations in HB 1471, HB 1473, SB 1632, and SB 1634 — bills built on an executive order a federal court blocked yesterdayFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2026WASHINGTON, D.C. — United Voices For America today released a policy brief urging Florida’s lawmakers and governor to reject HB 1471, HB 1473, SB 1632, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (03/04/2026) — United Voices welcomes today’s federal court ruling granting a preliminary injunction that blocks enforcement of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s executive order designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a “terrorist organization.” U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker found that the executive order constitutes unconstitutional First Amendment coercion — that the governor […]
(03/04/2026) A federal judge in Tallahassee has blocked Governor Ron DeSantis’s executive order designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations a “terrorist organization,” ruling that it violates the First Amendment. The preliminary injunction, issued today by U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker, is effective immediately. No bond is required. No stay was granted pending appeal. The […]
The Florida House voted 81-26 on Tuesday to pass HB 1471, the bill that gives a handful of state officials the power to brand any organization a domestic terrorist group. Rep. Hillary Cassel opened her floor speech by invoking the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran from 72 hours earlier — using a foreign military operation to justify a domestic law aimed at Florida’s Muslim communities. The Senate companion, SB 1632, is expected to be voted on later this week.
After SB 1632 and HB 1471 cleared their final committees, the ACLU of Florida warned the bills would let the government brand its critics as terrorists. Meanwhile, the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops confirmed that amendments had addressed their concerns about Canon Law — a carve-out that revealed exactly who the bill’s religious law provisions were designed to target, and who they were designed to protect.
Florida’s domestic terrorist designation bill barely survived its second Senate committee hearing on February 25 — a grueling three-hour session in which approximately 95% of public testimony opposed the bill, the committee chair voted yes but couldn’t guarantee future support, and the bill’s sponsor struggled to explain how it wouldn’t be weaponized. Senate leadership’s response: pull the bill from its third and final committee and send it straight to the floor, bypassing one more opportunity for scrutiny.
Florida’s bill to let state officials brand organizations as domestic terrorists advanced in both chambers in a single week. The House Education & Employment Committee approved HB 1471 on a 16-4 vote — with two Democrats crossing over — while the Senate Judiciary Committee passed its companion, SB 1632, 8-3. The bills are now moving faster than the opposition can organize against them.
Even Conservatives See the Danger in Florida’s ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Bill. A Pro-Gun Outlet Is Sounding the Alarm
When a pro-gun conservative outlet warns that a Republican-backed bill could be used to brand Second Amendment organizations as domestic terrorists, something has gone deeply wrong with the legislation. Bearing Arms’ analysis of HB 1471 exposes what civil liberties groups have been saying for months: the bill’s vague language makes it a weapon that can be aimed at anyone.