--- type: "Bill" title: "Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel" description: "Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel; Requires offices of criminal conflict & civil regional counsel to provide notice to court in certain circumstances; authorizes courts to appoint office of criminal conflict & civil regional counsel from another region to represent defendant if certain requirements are met; requires court to appoint private counsel under certain circumstances; requires JAC to pay appointed office of criminal conflict & civil regional counsel for due process costs & services, subject to legislative appropriation; requires appointed counsel to provide certain documentation to JAC in order to receive payment or reimbursement." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 177" citation: "Florida HB 177 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-154" primary_sponsors: ["Maney"] version_count: 4 action_count: 46 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-10-15" last_action: "2026-06-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cab0c10-0243-4123-b740-e714114ebf87" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/ByCategory" source_hash: "30d33f99e61c3a5980a3a64cc754f610e64059cbf6f5adad1d421552ebe1bcd4" 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 177 (2026) — Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel; Requires offices of criminal conflict & civil regional counsel to provide notice to court in certain circumstances; authorizes courts to appoint office of criminal conflict & civil regional counsel from another region to represent defendant if certain requirements are met; requires court to appoint private counsel under certain circumstances; requires JAC to pay appointed office of criminal conflict & civil regional counsel for due process costs & services, subject to legislative appropriation; requires appointed counsel to provide certain documentation to JAC in order to receive payment or reimbursement. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-154. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 177 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 177 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 177 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 177 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/177/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **36–1** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Judiciary Committee — primary (organization) - Maney — primary (person) - Barnaby — cosponsor (person) - Partington — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-10-15** Filed `filing` - **2025-10-21** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-10-21** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-10-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-10-21** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee - **2026-01-12** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda - **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2026-01-14** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-01-14** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee - **2026-01-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-01-14** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-01-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2026-01-16** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-16** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-16** Now in Budget Committee - **2026-01-23** Added to Budget Committee agenda - **2026-01-27** Favorable by Budget Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-01-28** Reported out of Budget Committee - **2026-01-28** Now in Judiciary Committee - **2026-02-06** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda - **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-10** Reported out of Judiciary Committee - **2026-02-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-02-10** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-02-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2026-02-11** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-02-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) - **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-02-25** In Messages - **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled` - **2026-03-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal` - **2026-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 762 - **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 `passage` - **2026-03-09** In Messages - **2026-03-09** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2026-06-17** Chapter No. 2026-154 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cab0c10-0243-4123-b740-e714114ebf87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).