Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1017: Bail Bonds
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Revises requirements for approval & certification as approved limited surety agent & professional bail bond agent prelicensing school; 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 sheriff to enter defendant's information in National Crime Information Center database for each felony warrant for failure to appear; revises provisions relating to remission of forfeiture; revises provisions relating to bond cancellation; specifies limits on effect of original appearance bond; specifies that the clerk of court does not have standing to object to reinstatement of bond; removes provisions relating to guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail; authorizes pretrial detention of certain defendants arrested for certain dangerous crimes.
What the bill says
An act relating to bail bonds; amending s. 648.25, F.S.; defining the term "virtual office"; amending s. 648.386, F.S.; defining the term "in-person classroom instruction"; 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; amending s. 648.44, F.S.; authorizing bail bond agents and agencies to accept certain fees or charges; prohibiting virtual offices; amending s. 903.011, F.S.…
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to bail bonds; amending s. 648.25, F.S.; defining the term "virtual office"; amending s. 648.386, F.S.; defining the term "in-person classroom instruction"; 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; amending s. 648.44, F.S.; authorizing bail bond agents and agencies to accept certain fees or charges; prohibiting virtual offices; amending s. 903.011, F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, that any monetary or cash component of any form of pretrial release be met by specified means; amending s. 903.046, F.S.; revising the criteria that a court must consider in making specified determinations; prohibiting a surety bond that has been revoked from being reinstated without written authorization; amending s. 903.0471, F.S.; requiring that, upon a court's entry of an order to revoke pretrial release and order pretrial detention in certain circumstances, the clerk of the court discharge any bond previously posted as a condition of pretrial release without further order of the court; amending s. 903.05, F.S.; words underlined are additions. hb1017-02-c2 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/HB 1017 2026 deleting the requirement that a surety own certain real estate as a qualification for the release of a person on bail; repealing s. 903.08, F.S., relating to …
Sponsors
- Baker, Jessica (R, HD-017) · primary sponsor
- Baker (R, 17) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died on Second Reading Calendar
- : Added to Second Reading Calendar
- : Bill referred to House Calendar
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- : CS Filed
- : Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- : Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- : Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- : Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- : Now in Judiciary Committee
Votes
- House: Judiciary Committee (February 10, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Judiciary Committee (February 10, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Criminal Justice Subcommittee (January 28, 2026): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Criminal Justice Subcommittee (January 28, 2026): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H1017?
- H1017 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Bail Bonds.
- What does H1017 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to bail bonds; amending s. 648.25, F.S.; defining the term "virtual office"; amending s. 648.386, F.S.; defining the term "in-person classroom instruction"; 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; amending s. 648.44, F.S.; authorizing bail bond agents and agencies to accept certain fees or charges; prohibiting virtual offices; amending s. 903.011, F.S.…
- What is the status of H1017?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died on Second Reading Calendar (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1017?
- Baker, Jessica (R, HD-017), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H1017?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1017
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