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CS/CS/SB 600: Bail Bonds

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice ; Criminal Justice ; 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; requiring, rather than authorizing, that any monetary or cash component of any form of pretrial release be met by specified means; requiring the clerk of the court, upon the court’s entry of an order to revoke pretrial release and order pretrial detention in certain circumstances, to discharge any bond previously posted as a condition of pretrial release without further order of the court; requiring that a signed certification containing certain information must accompany or be included on a specified notice, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/19/2026 Senate - CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/19/2025 Senate • Filed
12/9/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
1/28/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2/2/2026 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2/4/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
• Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2/10/2026 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
2/13/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
2/18/2026 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2/19/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules
• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time