Cashless Bail Public Safety Reporting (DOJ)
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: Parallel federal efforts targeting state/local cashless-bail policies: one conditions Byrne JAG funds on retaining cash bail for serious offenses; the other imposes DOJ reporting requirements on cashless-bail jurisdictions. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-05-18 — Cashless Bail Reporting Act: Cashless Bail Reporting Act would statutorily require 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, codifying and extending the August 25, 2025 executive order’s reporting requirement. (novelty: 2)