SB 600: Bail Bonds
GENERAL BILL by Truenow
Bail Bonds; Decreasing the duration of in-person classroom-instruction basic certification courses required to be considered for approval and certification as an approved limited surety agent and professional bail bond agent prelicensing school; prohibiting bail bond agents and agencies from soliciting certain persons; requiring, rather than authorizing, that any monetary or cash component of any form of pretrial release be met by specified means; requiring that, upon a court’s entry of an order to revoke pretrial release and order pretrial detention, the clerk of the court discharge any bond previously posted as a condition of pretrial release without further order of the court, etc.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/19/2025 | Senate |
• Filed |
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| 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 36 (pdf) |
| 648.25 | Definitions. | Page 6 (pdf) |
| 648.386 | Qualifications for prelicensing and continuing education schools and instructors. | Page 6 (pdf) |
| 648.44 | Prohibitions; penalty. | Page 7 (pdf) |
| 648.45 | Actions against a licensee; suspension or revocation of eligibility to hold a license. | Page 35 (pdf) |
| 903.011 | Pretrial release; general terms; statewide uniform bond schedule. | Page 9 (pdf) |
| 903.046 | Purpose of and criteria for bail determination. | Page 9 (pdf) |
| 903.047 | Conditions of pretrial release. | Page 36 (pdf) |
| 903.0471 | Violation of condition of pretrial release. | Page 10 (pdf) |
| 903.05 | Qualification of sureties. | Page 10 (pdf) |
| 903.08 | Sufficiency of sureties. | Page 10 (pdf) |
| 903.09 | Justification of sureties. | Page 10 (pdf) |
| 903.101 | Sureties; licensed persons; to have equal access. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 903.16 | Deposit of money or bonds as bail. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 903.17 | Substitution of cash bail for other bail. | Page 12 (pdf) |
| 903.21 | Method of surrender; exoneration of obligors. | Page 12 (pdf) |
| 903.26 | Forfeiture of the bond; when and how directed; discharge; how and when made; effect of payment. | Page 13 (pdf) |
| 903.27 | Forfeiture to judgment. | Page 18 (pdf) |
| 903.28 | Remission of forfeiture; conditions. | Page 22 (pdf) |
| 903.286 | Return of cash bond; requirement to withhold unpaid fines, fees, court costs; cash bond forms. | Page 38 (pdf) |
| 903.29 | Arrest of principal by surety after forfeiture. | Page 28 (pdf) |
| 903.31 | Canceling the bond. | Page 28 (pdf) |
| 903.36 | Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 907.041 | Pretrial detention and release. | Page 29 (pdf) |
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