The Florida Senate

CS/HB 1017: Bail Bonds

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Baker

Bail Bonds; Revises requirements for approval & certification as approved limited surety agent & professional bail bond agent prelicensing school; prohibits solicitation of certain persons; authorizes bail bond agents & agencies to accept certain fees or charges; prohibits virtual offices; revises provisions relating to pretrial release and detention; revises criteria court must consider in making specified determinations; revises duties and responsibilities of clerk of court relating to bonds and forfeiture of bonds; removes and revises certain provisions relating to sureties and ownership of property, justification of suretyship, provision of information, access to jails, and liability; revises provisions relating to deposit of bail money; revises provisions relating to bond forfeiture and discharge of forfeiture; requires state to enter defendant's information in National Crime Information Center database for each felony warrant for failure to appear; specifies circumstances under which clerk does not have standing to object to motions; revises provisions relating to remission of forfeiture; revises provisions relating to bond cancellation; specifies limits on effect of original appearance bond; removes provisions relating to guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail; authorizes pretrial detention of certain defendants arrested for certain dangerous crimes.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (1)
• Bill Text (2)
• Amendments (1)
• Analyses (1)
• Vote History (0)
• Citations (24)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/5/2026	House	• Filed
1/12/2026	House	• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/26/2026	House	• Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
1/28/2026	House	• Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
1/29/2026	House	• Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Judiciary Committee

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 600 (c1)	Bail Bonds	Truenow	Similar	Last Action: 2/4/2026 S Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 1017 Filed	1/5/2026 4:14 PM	PDF
H 1017 c1	1/28/2026 2:34 PM	PDF

Committee Amendments

H 1017 Filed

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
900105 - Amendment Remove lines 148-871 and insert:	Baker	1/27/2026 5:23 PM	Adopted 1/28/2026	PDF

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 1017	Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	1/28/2026 6:34 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

No Committee Vote History Available

Vote History - Floor

No Vote History Available

Citations - Statutes (24)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
626.2816	Regulation of continuing education for licensees, course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups.	Page 41 (pdf)
648.25	Definitions.	Page 6 (pdf)
648.386	Qualifications for prelicensing and continuing education schools and instructors.	Page 7 (pdf)
648.44	Prohibitions; penalty.	Page 8 (pdf)
648.45	Actions against a licensee; suspension or revocation of eligibility to hold a license.	Page 41 (pdf)
903.011	Pretrial release; general terms; statewide uniform bond schedule.	Page 10 (pdf)
903.046	Purpose of and criteria for bail determination.	Page 10 (pdf)
903.047	Conditions of pretrial release.	Page 42 (pdf)
903.0471	Violation of condition of pretrial release.	Page 11 (pdf)
903.05	Qualification of sureties.	Page 12 (pdf)
903.08	Sufficiency of sureties.	Page 12 (pdf)
903.09	Justification of sureties.	Page 12 (pdf)
903.101	Sureties; licensed persons; to have equal access.	Page 12 (pdf)
903.16	Deposit of money or bonds as bail.	Page 13 (pdf)
903.17	Substitution of cash bail for other bail.	Page 14 (pdf)
903.21	Method of surrender; exoneration of obligors.	Page 14 (pdf)
903.26	Forfeiture of the bond; when and how directed; discharge; how and when made; effect of payment.	Page 15 (pdf)
903.27	Forfeiture to judgment.	Page 21 (pdf)
903.28	Remission of forfeiture; conditions.	Page 25 (pdf)
903.286	Return of cash bond; requirement to withhold unpaid fines, fees, court costs; cash bond forms.	Page 41 (pdf)
903.29	Arrest of principal by surety after forfeiture.	Page 33 (pdf)
903.31	Canceling the bond.	Page 33 (pdf)
903.36	Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail.	Page 35 (pdf)
907.041	Pretrial detention and release.	Page 35 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.