No Federal Funds for Cashless Bail Act
Latest action · May 4, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 554.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Federal Funds for Cashless Bail Act
This bill prohibits the receipt of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program by a state or local government that has in effect a law or policy that substantially limits cash bail for individuals who are charged with certain criminal offenses that pose a clear threat to public safety and order.
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).
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 8, 2025 to Sep 9, 2025; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | John James | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| R-NC | Tim Moore | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Sep 9, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 8, 2025Markup Jan 8, 2026Reported May 4, 2026 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 4, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-637.
- May 4, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 554.
- Jan 8, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jan 8, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 10.
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 12, 2026H.R. 5213, No Federal Funds for Cashless Bail ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 8, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 146, September 8, 2025, page H3893.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2705 | Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act | Identical bill | Sep 4, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to prohibit the award of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants to States or units of local government that limit the use of cash bail.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- No Federal Funds for Cashless Bail Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 4, 2026Reported in House
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
