CS/CS/HB 1017: Bail Bonds

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Baker

Bail Bonds; 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.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/10/2026 05:46 PM

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• Citations - Statute (23)

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  626.2816	Regulation of continuing education for licensees, course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups.	Page 39 (pdf)
  648.25	Definitions.	Page 6 (pdf)
  648.386	Qualifications for prelicensing and continuing education schools and instructors.	Page 7 (pdf)
  648.44	Prohibitions; penalty.	Page 8 (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 40 (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 11 (pdf)
  903.09	Justification of sureties.	Page 11 (pdf)
  903.101	Sureties; licensed persons; to have equal access.	Page 11 (pdf)
  903.16	Deposit of money or bonds as bail.	Page 12 (pdf)
  903.17	Substitution of cash bail for other bail.	Page 13 (pdf)
  903.21	Method of surrender; exoneration of obligors.	Page 13 (pdf)
  903.26	Forfeiture of the bond; when and how directed; discharge; how and when made; effect of payment.	Page 14 (pdf)
  903.27	Forfeiture to judgment.	Page 19 (pdf)
  903.28	Remission of forfeiture; conditions.	Page 23 (pdf)
  903.286	Return of cash bond; requirement to withhold unpaid fines, fees, court costs; cash bond forms.	Page 42 (pdf)
  903.29	Arrest of principal by surety after forfeiture.	Page 32 (pdf)
  903.31	Canceling the bond.	Page 32 (pdf)
  903.36	Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail.	Page 33 (pdf)
  907.041	Pretrial detention and release.	Page 34 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/5/2026	H	• Filed
  1/12/2026	H	• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/26/2026	H	• Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
  1/28/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  1/29/2026	H	• Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Judiciary Committee
  2/6/2026	H	• Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
  2/10/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee • Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  2/11/2026	H	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar
  3/13/2026	H	• Died on Second Reading Calendar