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    CS/CS/CS/SB 600: Bail Bonds

    GENERAL BILL by Rules, 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 accompany or be included on a specified notice, etc.

    Effective Date: 7/1/2026

    Last Action: 3/13/2026 House - Died in Messages

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    Current Bill Version Posted: 2/26/2026 10:50 AM


    • Related Bills (1)

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      H 1017 (c2) by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
      Bail Bonds
      Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died on Second Reading Calendar
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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 34 (pdf)
      648.25 Definitions. Page 5 (pdf)
      648.386 Qualifications for prelicensing and continuing education schools and instructors. Page 6 (pdf)
      648.44 Prohibitions; penalty. Page 6 (pdf)
      903.011 Pretrial release; general terms; statewide uniform bond schedule. Page 7 (pdf)
      903.046 Purpose of and criteria for bail determination. Page 7 (pdf)
      903.047 Conditions of pretrial release. Page 35 (pdf)
      903.0471 Violation of condition of pretrial release. Page 8 (pdf)
      903.05 Qualification of sureties. Page 9 (pdf)
      903.08 Sufficiency of sureties. Page 9 (pdf)
      903.09 Justification of sureties. Page 9 (pdf)
      903.101 Sureties; licensed persons; to have equal access. Page 10 (pdf)
      903.16 Deposit of money or bonds as bail. Page 10 (pdf)
      903.17 Substitution of cash bail for other bail. Page 10 (pdf)
      903.21 Method of surrender; exoneration of obligors. Page 11 (pdf)
      903.26 Forfeiture of the bond; when and how directed; discharge; how and when made; effect of payment. Page 11 (pdf)
      903.27 Forfeiture to judgment. Page 16 (pdf)
      903.28 Remission of forfeiture; conditions. Page 20 (pdf)
      903.286 Return of cash bond; requirement to withhold unpaid fines, fees, court costs; cash bond forms. Page 36 (pdf)
      903.29 Arrest of principal by surety after forfeiture. Page 27 (pdf)
      903.31 Canceling the bond. Page 27 (pdf)
      903.36 Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail. Page 28 (pdf)
      907.041 Pretrial detention and release. Page 29 (pdf)
    • Bill History

      S = Senate, H = House

      11/19/2025 S • Filed
      12/9/2025 S • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
      1/13/2026 S • Introduced
      1/28/2026 S • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
      2/2/2026 S • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
      2/4/2026 S • 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 S • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
      2/13/2026 S • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
      2/18/2026 S • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
      2/19/2026 S • 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
      2/24/2026 S • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
      2/25/2026 S • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
      • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
      • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
      • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
      2/26/2026 S • Read 2nd time -SJ 450
      • Amendment(s) adopted (252648) -SJ 450
      • Read 3rd time -SJ 450
      • CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 -SJ 450
      • Immediately certified -SJ 463
      2/26/2026 H • In Messages
      3/13/2026 H • Died in Messages
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