The Florida Legislature passed a bill earlier this month that would prohibit faculty and students from public universities and community colleges from traveling to countries that the U.S. State Department has designated as sponsors of terrorism. At the present moment, those countries are Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. As the above linked article states: “[a]lthough the law pertains to research in a small number of nations, it would affect academics who study a variety of issues — from architecture in Cuba to public health in Syria.”
The bill in question is S. 2434. The text, along with some legislative history and reports, is available on the Florida Legislature’s website here. Governor Jeb Bush is expected to sign the bill into law.