HB 271 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Foreign and Alien Bail Bond Insurers

Summary

Foreign and Alien Bail Bond Insurers; Provides duties of certain foreign & alien bail bond insurers relating to reporting bail bond premiums to OIR, keeping records of considerations paid for bail bonds written by insurers, & disclosing certain information in financial statements filed with office.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Oct 28, 2025 Signed May 6, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 271 Filed → H 271 er · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill has transitioned from a filed draft version to its final enrolled form, indicating it has been approved by both legislative chambers and is ready for the governor's signature. The changes are purely technical, updating the document header to reflect its official status and adjusting the file identifier to mark it as enrolled.

TECHNICAL

The document title was updated from 'HB 271' to 'ENROLLED HB 271' to signify final passage.

The file reference number was changed from 'hb271-00' to 'hb271 -00-er' to denote the enrolled version.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2026 · House Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

35–0

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 40

Mar 6, 2026

D Democratic11

8 Yea 3

72% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 6, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Mar 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 1

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Commerce Committee

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Commerce Committee agenda

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Commerce Committee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda

lower

Nov 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

Nov 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Nov 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors