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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 — **361** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1140** (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).