Bill Summary

SB 600 Bail Bonds (2026 Session)
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Sponsors
by Truenow  CS Sponsors: Criminal Justice, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Rules
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Summary
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 accompany or be included on a specified notice, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026
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committees of reference
   S Criminal Justice
   S Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
   S Rules
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Actions
11/19/25
SENATE
Filed
12/09/25
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Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
01/28/26
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On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 37 S
02/02/26
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Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/04/26
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
02/04/26
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Reference to Judiciary removed; Reference to Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice added; Remaining references: Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Rules
02/04/26
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Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
02/13/26
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On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 37 S
02/18/26
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Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/19/26
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Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
02/19/26
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Now in Rules
02/19/26
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On Committee agenda - Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 K
02/24/26
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Favorable with CS by Rules; 23 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/25/26
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Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
02/25/26
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
02/25/26
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Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
02/26/26
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Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (252648); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 1 Nay); Immediately certified
02/26/26
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Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
02/26/26
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bill text & filed amendments
0600
Filed on 11/19/25
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Amendment 468096
Truenow
Filed on 01/30/26
Replaced by CS
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0600C1
Filed on 02/04/26
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Amendment 121426
Truenow
Filed on 02/17/26
Replaced by CS
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Amendment 326438 AA
Truenow
Filed on 02/17/26
Replaced by CS
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0600C2
Filed on 02/19/26
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Amendment 736450
Rouson
Filed on 02/23/26
Replaced by CS
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0600C3
Filed on 02/25/26
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Amendment 252648
Truenow
Filed on 02/26/26
Adopted on 2nd Reading
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0600E1
Filed on 02/26/26
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
626.2816
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