# Florida HB 177: Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Florida HB 177, Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, is a 2026 House bill sponsored by Patt Maney (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-17 (Chapter No. 2026-154) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB177-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida HB 177 - State: Florida - Session: 2026 - Title: Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-10-15 - Last action: 2026-06-17, Chapter No. 2026-154 - Sponsor: Patt Maney (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Budget Committee, Judiciary Committee, House Calendar, Rules - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (150 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Replacement lawyers for low-income death-penalty defendants: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida provides a replacement-lawyer process for defendants unable to afford counsel when prosecutors formally seek death. The appointed regional counsel office must notify the court if it has a conflict or cannot continue. The court can appoint another region’s office only… - Lawyer appointment rules for incapacity cases: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida aligns lawyer appointments for people alleged to be incapacitated with the updated regional counsel rules. Courts must appoint a regional counsel office or a private lawyer through that process. Private lawyers must come from the state’s attorney registry. Courts mus… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Patt Maney (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Criminal Justice Subcommittee - Cosponsor: Judiciary Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 36 | 1 | | | 2026-02-25 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 114 | 0 | | ## Actions (46) - 2026-06-17: Chapter No. 2026-154 - 2026-06-16: Approved by Governor - 2026-06-09: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2026-03-09: Ordered enrolled (House) - 2026-03-09: In Messages (House) - 2026-03-09: CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 -SJ 690 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Read 3rd time -SJ 690 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Read 2nd time -SJ 690 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Substituted for CS/CS/SB 762 -SJ 690 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 690 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Received (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Rules (Senate) - 2026-02-25: In Messages (Senate) - 2026-02-25: CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 (House) - 2026-02-25: Read 3rd time (House) - 2026-02-25: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-25: Read 2nd time (House) - 2026-02-19: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) (House) - 2026-02-11: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-11: Bill referred to House Calendar (House) - 2026-02-10: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House) - 2026-02-10: CS Filed (House) - 2026-02-10: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2026-02-10: Reported out of Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-02-10: Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-02-06: Added to Judiciary Committee agenda (House) - 2026-01-28: Now in Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-01-28: Reported out of Budget Committee (House) - 2026-01-27: Favorable by Budget Committee (House) - 2026-01-23: Added to Budget Committee agenda (House) - 2026-01-16: Now in Budget Committee (House) - 2026-01-16: Referred to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-01-16: Referred to Budget Committee (House) - 2026-01-15: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House) - 2026-01-14: CS Filed (House) - 2026-01-14: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2026-01-14: Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-14: Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-13: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House) - 2026-01-12: Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-10-21: Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-10-21: Referred to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-10-21: Referred to Budget Committee (House) - 2025-10-21: Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-10-15: Filed (House) ## Bill text - er, 2026-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/er/PDF) - c2, 2026-02-10: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/c2/PDF) - c1, 2026-01-14: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-10-15: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related bills - SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed) - HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed) - HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed) - HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed) - HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed) - HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed) ## Sources - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/er/PDF) - [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/c2/PDF) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related - [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026) - [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026) - [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026) - [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026) - [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026) - [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026) - [Florida bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida/bills) - [Florida state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB177-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).