HR 5625
Passed a chamber
Requires the Attorney General to publish an annual list of every state and local government that allows people charged with certain serious offenses to be released before trial without paying money bail.
Official title: Cashless Bail Reporting Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
30-SEP-2025
Referred
30-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
18-DEC-2025
Reported
09-APR-2026
On the calendar
09-APR-2026
Passed
14-MAY-2026
Senate
Received
18-MAY-2026
- Requires the Attorney General to make a public list of each state and local government that releases people charged with covered offenses on personal recognizance or unsecured appearance bond, due within one year of enactment and updated annually
- Defines covered offenses as crimes the Attorney General determines pose a clear threat to public safety and order, including violent or sexual acts such as murder, rape, sexual assault, carjacking, robbery, burglary, and assault
- Also includes offenses that promote public disorder, such as looting, vandalism, rioting, and fleeing from a law enforcement officer
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (09-APR-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 14-MAY-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
Crime and Law Enforcement
■ 23 R
23 Republicans
- Andy Biggs
- Sheri Biggs
- Josh Brecheen
- Ben Cline
- Chuck Edwards
- Scott Fitzgerald
- Russell Fry
- Brandon Gill
- Michael Guest
- Abraham J. Hamadeh
- Pat Harrigan
- Wesley Hunt
- Anna Paulina Luna
- Richard McCormick
- Addison P. McDowell
- Mary E. Miller
- Tim Moore
- Gregory F. Murphy
- Troy E. Nehls
- Ralph Norman
- Chip Roy
- Keith Self
- David J. Taylor