Marriage and Family Law

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 1471, which creates a Florida process to designate "domestic terrorist organizations," bar them from receiving public funds, require public universities to lose state funding and expel students who promote such groups, and reaffirm that Florida courts cannot enforce foreign or religious law — including Sharia. DeSantis said the measure will keep "not one red cent for jihad" and help Florida avoid European "no‑go zones" amid mass immigration, while the ACLU of Florida called the law "dangerous" for allowing unilateral designations without meaningful standards or transparency and for targeting entities alleged to fund or materially support terrorist organizations even if they have not committed attacks.