Laboratory Genetic Sequencing Software from Foreign Countries of Concern

Florida Genetic Sequencing Software Law

Genetic · Data security · Government records

Added by SB 768 (ch. 2025-96), this subsection bars the Department of Health from allowing its public-health laboratories under s. 381.0202 to use genetic-sequencing software produced by China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, the Maduro regime in Venezuela, or Syria, or by their state-owned enterprises or domestic companies. It is Florida's main 2025 genetic-data change. It covers state laboratory services, not private consumer genetic-testing companies, and does not amend s. 760.40.

Where: Florida
Citation: Fla. Stat. 381.0202(5)
Status: In force
In force since: 2025-07-01
Enforced by: Florida Department of Health
People can sue: No
Penalties: No specific penalty stated; enforced through the department's control over permitted laboratory operations.
Applies to: Laboratories that the Department of Health establishes and maintains, or contracts for, under s. 381.0202 (state public-health laboratory services)

Security duties

Covered laboratories may not use operational or research genetic-sequencing software produced in or by a foreign country of concern, its state-owned enterprise, or a company domiciled there.Fla. Stat. 381.0202(5) · From 2025-07-01

Sources

Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.

Unverified: Whether private laboratories under contract with the department under s. 381.0202(2) are covered was not analyzed.

Research reference, not legal advice.