What This Bill Does · Plain English
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Criminal History Access Act of 2026 This bill authorizes a new type of entity—peace officer standards and training agencies—to access criminal history record information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The term peace officer standards and training agency means an agency of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory that is authorized to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of its law enforcement officers through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification processes.
Action Timeline
2026-04-22
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2026-04-22
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2026-04-16
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2026-04-16
Introduced in House
2026-04-16
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.8352 pass?
HR.8352 is still alive. Current stage: PASSED_ONE. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does HR.8352 do?
Criminal History Access Act of 2026 This bill authorizes a new type of entity—peace officer standards and training agencies—to access criminal history record information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The term peace officer standards and training agency means an agency of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory that is authorized to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of its law enforcement officers through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification processes.
Who sponsored HR.8352?
HR.8352 was sponsored by Derek Schmidt (R-Kansas).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 8352 IH: Criminal History Access Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-04-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8352 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 16, 2026 Mr. Schmidt (for himself and Ms. Ross ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize peace officer standards and training agencies to access criminal history records, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Criminal History Access Act . 2. Federal Bureau of Investigation (a) Attorney general duties Section 534 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(4), by amending to read as follows: (4) exchange such records and information with, and for the official use of, authorized officials of the Federal Government, including the United States Sentencing Commission, the States, including State sentencing commissions and peace officer standards and training agencies, Indian tribes, cities, and penal and other institutions; and ; (2) in subsection (e)— (A) by striking section, the term and inserting the following: section— (1) the term ; (B) by striking (1) railroad and inserting the following: (A) railroad ; (C) by striking (2) police and inserting the following: (B) police ; (D) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (E) by adding at the end the following: (2) the term peace officer standards and training agency means an agency of a State with the statutory authority under State law to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of the law enforcement officers of the State through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification process; and (3) the term State means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States. . (b) Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall amend section part 20 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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