# Florida HB 397: Violations of Pretrial Release Conditions for Violent Crimes Florida HB 397, Violations of Pretrial Release Conditions for Violent Crimes, is a 2026 House bill sponsored by Dan Daley (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-17 (Chapter No. 2026-155) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB397-2026 - 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 397 - State: Florida - Session: 2026 - Title: Violations of Pretrial Release Conditions for Violent Crimes - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-11-12 - Last action: 2026-06-17, Chapter No. 2026-155 - Sponsor: Dan Daley (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Justice Budget Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, House Calendar, Appropriations - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (138 yes, 8 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Limits on Suing Officers Over Arrests: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2026, Florida bars civil liability for officers making covered arrests based on probable cause. The officer must have probable cause to believe the person violated the new law on pretrial release conditions. This limits an arrested person’s ability to recover compensation from… - Stricter Release Rules After Violent Arrests: mixed, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, Florida adds penalties for willfully breaking court-ordered release conditions covered by section 903.047(1)(b). These apply after arrests for murder, manslaughter, assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, or fal… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Dan Daley (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Criminal Justice Subcommittee - Cosponsor: Judiciary Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 101 | 8 | | ## Actions (47) - 2026-06-17: Chapter No. 2026-155 - 2026-06-16: Approved by Governor - 2026-06-09: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2026-02-26: Ordered enrolled (House) - 2026-02-26: In Messages (House) - 2026-02-26: Immediately certified -SJ 463 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 456 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Read 3rd time -SJ 456 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Read 2nd time -SJ 456 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Substituted for CS/SB 760 -SJ 456 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Withdrawn from Appropriations -SJ 456 (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Received (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Referred to Appropriations (Senate) - 2026-02-17: In Messages (Senate) - 2026-02-17: CS passed; YEAS 101, NAYS 8 (House) - 2026-02-17: Read 3rd time (House) - 2026-02-17: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-17: Read 2nd time (House) - 2026-02-10: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026) (House) - 2026-01-28: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-01-28: Bill referred to House Calendar (House) - 2026-01-27: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House) - 2026-01-27: CS Filed (House) - 2026-01-27: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2026-01-27: Reported out of Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-01-27: Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-01-23: Added to Judiciary Committee agenda (House) - 2026-01-21: Now in Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-01-21: Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-21: Favorable by Justice Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-16: Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2026-01-16: Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-16: Referred to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-01-16: Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee (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: PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-11-18: Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-11-18: Referred to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-11-18: Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-11-18: Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-11-12: Filed (House) ## Bill text - er, 2026-10-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/397/BillText/er/PDF) - c2, 2026-01-27: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/397/BillText/c2/PDF) - c1, 2026-01-14: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/397/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-11-12: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/397/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/2026/397/BillText/er/PDF) - [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/397/BillText/c2/PDF) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/397/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/397/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-HB397-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).