FL SB 600

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Bail Bonds

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did FL SB 600 pass?

No. FL SB 600 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Messages

What is FL SB 600 about?

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.

Who sponsors FL SB 600?

Truenow, Criminal Justice, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice and 1 others are the primary sponsors of FL SB 600.

Description

Introduced: 2026-01-13
Latest action: 2026-03-13 — Died in Messages
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-13
Died in Messages
failure
2026-02-26
In Messages
2026-02-26
Immediately certified
2026-02-26
CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 1
passage
2026-02-26
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2026-02-26
Amendment(s) adopted (252648)
2026-02-26
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-02-25
CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
2026-02-25
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
2026-02-25
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-25
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-24
CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
2026-02-19
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
2026-02-19
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-19
Now in Rules
2026-02-19
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-18
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-02-13
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
2026-02-10
CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
2026-02-04
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2026-02-04
Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
2026-02-04
Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
2026-02-04
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-02
CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-01-28
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-13
Introduced
introduction
2025-12-09
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-19
Filed
filing

Versions

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Votes

Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-02-02 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Bernard: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Pizzo: yes
- Simon: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Smith: yes
- Martin: yes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-02-18 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Osgood: yes
- Polsky: yes
- Simon: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wright: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Martin: yes
- Garcia: yes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-02-24 · pass · 23-0
Member-level votes (24)
- Avila: yes
- Berman: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Burton: yes
- Davis: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Grall: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Hooper: yes
- Martin: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Rouson: yes
- Simon: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Wright: yes
- Jones: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Pizzo: other
Third Reading
2026-02-26 · pass · 36-1
Member-level votes (39)
- Arrington: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Polsky: yes
- Avila: yes
- Grall: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: no
- Gruters: excused
- Rouson: yes
- Bernard: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Sharief: excused
- Boyd: yes
- Hooper: yes
- Simon: yes
- Bracy Davis: yes
- Jones: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Leek: yes
- Truenow: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Martin: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Massullo: yes
- Wright: yes
- Burton: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Calatayud: yes
- McClain: yes
- Albritton: yes
- Davis: yes
- Osgood: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Pizzo: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/600/ByCategory

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