republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/hb-445.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dangerous Crimes"
description: "Dangerous Crimes; Requires court to remand person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, dangerous crime to custody immediately; requires such person to remain in custody pending sentencing without possibility of release on bond; revising definition of \"dangerous crime.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "Florida HB 445 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-19"
primary_sponsors: ["Greco"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-18"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70a30572-5c56-4580-805d-58f8012741ee"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/445/ByCategory"
source_hash: "816418da745cf309db023ed9b74001a1aaac00d5e07deaddde6b7128b7cb9619"
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 445 (2026) — Dangerous Crimes

Dangerous Crimes; Requires court to remand person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, dangerous crime to custody immediately; requires such person to remain in custody pending sentencing without possibility of release on bond; revising definition of "dangerous crime."

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-19.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 445 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/445/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 445 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/445/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 445 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/445/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 445 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/445/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **16–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **93–20** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Budget Subcommittee) — **10–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Greco — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Benarroch — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Gerwig — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Kincart Jonsson — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Stark — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-24** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-24** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-24** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-24** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-20** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-01-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable by Justice Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-30** 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 93, NAYS 20 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 928
- **2026-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Chapter No. 2026-19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70a30572-5c56-4580-805d-58f8012741ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).