---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pretrial Release and Detention"
description: "Pretrial Release and Detention; Provides for setting, reduction, & alteration of bail; requires Supreme Court to create statewide uniform bail bond schedule; provides for chief judge of judicial circuit to establish lower bail bond schedule; provides certain arrested persons may not be released until first appearance; provides court may revoke pretrial release & order detention if defendant materially violates release condition; requires court to order pretrial detention in certain circumstances; provides requirements for detention hearings; removes requirement for pretrial detention for defendants charged with illegally manufacturing controlled substances in certain cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1627"
citation: "Florida HB 1627 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-27"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62aee7b7-fdbc-4673-8f8a-9c77d2572121"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1627/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2188cf6cc87f1a4cfd08e89fe95c7aaae96c0ed73e1fb131a961e6fa96f1645c"
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 1627 (2023) — Pretrial Release and Detention

Pretrial Release and Detention; Provides for setting, reduction, & alteration of bail; requires Supreme Court to create statewide uniform bail bond schedule; provides for chief judge of judicial circuit to establish lower bail bond schedule; provides certain arrested persons may not be released until first appearance; provides court may revoke pretrial release & order detention if defendant materially violates release condition; requires court to order pretrial detention in certain circumstances; provides requirements for detention hearings; removes requirement for pretrial detention for defendants charged with illegally manufacturing controlled substances in certain cases.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-27.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1627 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1627/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1627 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1627/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1627 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1627/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1627 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1627/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **83–19** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **16–5** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Garrison — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-17** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-31** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-31** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 19 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** In Messages
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 1534
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Chapter No. 2023-27

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62aee7b7-fdbc-4673-8f8a-9c77d2572121`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).