SB 760 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Violations of Pretrial Release Conditions for Violent Crimes

Summary

Violations of Pretrial Release Conditions for Violent Crimes; Citing this act as the “Victim Safety in Pretrial Release Act”; providing that a person who is on pretrial release for a specified violent crime commits a separate criminal offense if such person willfully violates certain conditions of pretrial release; providing criminal penalties; providing that a law enforcement officer is not liable in a civil action for an arrest of a person based on probable cause to believe that the person has violated a condition of pretrial release in specified circumstances; authorizing a law enforcement officer to arrest a person without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe that the person has willfully violated certain conditions of pretrial release, etc.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Feb 26, 2026

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What changed between versions

S 760 Filed → S 760 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised from a filed draft to a committee substitute version, significantly narrowing the scope of offenses that trigger mandatory pretrial detention and removing specific domestic violence and dating violence triggers from the warrantless arrest authority. The changes also shift the legal standard from a broad 'suspected of violating' clause to a stricter 'willfully violated' requirement and restructure the statute to explicitly define the conditions under which a violation becomes a criminal offense.

Scope change

The bill's applicability was narrowed by removing 'forcible felony' from the list of triggering offenses and deleting the specific references to domestic violence and dating violence as grounds for warrantless arrests, limiting the new law primarily to general violent crimes.

ELIGIBILITY

Removed 'forcible felony' from the list of offenses that trigger the new criminal penalties, reducing the number of crimes covered by the bill.

ENFORCEMENT

Deleted specific provisions allowing warrantless arrests for violations related to domestic violence and dating violence, restricting the warrantless arrest authority to general violent crimes only.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the language regarding law enforcement authority from arresting anyone 'suspected' of violating conditions to only those with probable cause to believe a person 'willfully violated' certain conditions.

DEFINITION

Restructured the statute to explicitly define the specific conditions of pretrial release that, if violated, constitute a separate criminal offense, rather than listing the offenses broadly.

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Committee

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0

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Feb 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

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Feb 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0

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Feb 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/12/26, 4:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

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Feb 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

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Feb 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Jan 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

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Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

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Dec 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors