---
type: "Bill"
title: "Breach of Bond Costs"
description: "Breach of Bond Costs; Requires sureties to pay costs & expenses incurred in returning defendant to jurisdiction of court; specifies recoverable costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 381"
citation: "Florida HB 381 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-85"
primary_sponsors: ["Maney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-21"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a946c36-ecc3-4f26-80f5-8a7c30e31472"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/381/ByCategory"
source_hash: "18c5b472332ff7979cbdf891f337fb3dbf07858a867319a9f7a299df4325b2de"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 381 (2022) — Breach of Bond Costs

Breach of Bond Costs; Requires sureties to pay costs & expenses incurred in returning defendant to jurisdiction of court; specifies recoverable costs.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-85.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 381 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/381/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 381 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/381/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 381 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/381/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Maney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-10-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-10** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-12** Favorable by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-12** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-12** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2022-01-14** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2022-01-19** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2022-01-19** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-24** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-01-26** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-01-26** CS Filed
- **2022-01-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-01-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-01-28** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
- **2022-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-24** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1182
- **2022-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Chapter No. 2022-85

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a946c36-ecc3-4f26-80f5-8a7c30e31472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).