HB 445 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Dangerous Crimes

Summary

Dangerous Crimes; Requires court to remand person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, dangerous crime to custody immediately; requires such person to remain in custody pending sentencing without possibility of release on bond; revising definition of "dangerous crime."

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Mar 2026

Introduced Nov 18, 2025 Signed Mar 31, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 445 c2 → H 445 er · 2 edits

MINOR

The legislative text for House Bill 445 has been converted from a committee version to the enrolled version, which is the final text signed into law. The substantive content of the bill, including its provisions on dangerous crimes and the creation of new statutes, remains unchanged. The only modifications are technical updates to the document headers, footers, and version identifiers to reflect its official status.

TECHNICAL

The document title and version identifier were updated from 'CS/CS/HB 445' (Committee Substitute) to 'ENROLLED' to indicate the bill has passed all legislative stages and is ready for execution.

The footer reference was changed from 'hb445-02-c2' to 'hb445 -02-er' to match the new enrolled status.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2026 · House Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Mar 4, 2026

D Democratic11

10 Yea 1

90% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

27 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 31, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 93, NAYS 20

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Committee

Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda

lower

Nov 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

lower

Nov 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Nov 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Nov 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors