Cashless Bail Reporting Act (Pretrial Release / Due Process)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-09-04 — Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act: cross-connection with keep-violent-criminals-off-streets-act: Both bills target state and local bail-reform policies at the federal level — one through Byrne JAG funding conditions, the other through federal reporting requirements on cashless bail practices. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-05-18 — Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025: cross-connection with charitable-bail-funds-regulation: Both bills reflect federal legislative efforts to constrain pretrial release practices—one by regulating charitable bail funds as insurers, the other by mandating reporting on cashless-bail jurisdictions. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-05-18 — Cashless Bail Reporting Act: Bill introduced (HR5625, 119th Congress) directing DOJ to publish an annual list of state and local jurisdictions permitting pretrial release on personal recognizance or unsecured bond for violent, sexual, or public-disorder offenses — largely codifying an existing executive-order reporting requirement. (novelty: 2)