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Cashless Bail Reporting Act This bill requires the Department of Justice to publish annually a list of state and local governments that permit individuals who are charged with certain criminal offenses that pose a clear threat to public safety and order to be released pending trial on personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond. Under the bill, the criminal offenses that pose a threat to public safety and order include criminal offenses involving a violent or sexual act (e.g., burglary, murder, or rape) and offenses that promote public disorder (e.g., looting or vandalism). On August 25, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that required the Department of Justice to submit to the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security a list of state and local jurisdictions that have substantially eliminated cash bail as a potential condition for pretrial release for crimes that pose a clear threat to public safety and order, including offenses involving violent, sexual, or indecent acts, or burglary, looting, or vandalism.
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2026-04-09
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 522.
2026-04-09
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-602.
2026-04-09
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-602.
2025-12-18
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
2025-12-18
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-09-30
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-09-30
Introduced in House
2025-09-30
Introduced in House
Full Bill Text
119 HR 5625 RH: Cashless Bail Reporting Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-04-09 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. IB Union Calendar No. 522 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5625 [Report No. 119–602] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2025 Mr. Harris of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Mr. Roy , Mr. Taylor , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Brecheen , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Norman , Mr. Edwards , Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina , and Mr. Self ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary April 9, 2026 Additional sponsors: Mr. Fry , Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona , Mr. Harrigan , Mr. Hunt , Mr. Nehls , Mrs. Luna , Mr. McCormick , Mr. Gill of Texas , Mr. Fitzgerald , Mr. McDowell , Mr. Guest , Mr. Cline , and Mr. Moore of North Carolina April 9, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 30, 2025 A BILL To direct the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of each State and unit of local government that permits cashless bail, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cashless Bail Reporting Act . 2. Publication of cashless bail jurisdictions (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall make publicly available a list of each State and unit of local government that permits the release pending trial of a person charged with a covered offense on personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond. (b) Covered offense defined In this section, the term covered offense means a criminal offense that the Attorney General determines poses a clear threat to public safety and order, including— (1) an offense involving a violent or sexual act, such as murder, rape, sexual assault, carjacking, robbery, burglary, and assault; and (2) an offense that promotes public disorder, such as looting, vandalism, destruction of property, rioting or inciting to riot, or fleeing from a law enforcement officer. April 9, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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