H.R. 5625 · Passed House · Crime and Law Enforcement

Cashless Bail Reporting Act

Sponsor: Mark Harris (R-NC)

What it does

• Requires the Department of Justice to publish an annual list of state and local governments that allow pretrial release on personal recognizance or unsecured bond for offenses that threaten public safety and order.
• Defines those offenses to include violent or sexual crimes such as burglary, murder, or rape, and public disorder offenses such as looting or vandalism.
• Builds on an August 25, 2025, executive order directing DOJ to list jurisdictions that substantially eliminated cash bail for such crimes.

Official summary

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.

Latest action

May 18, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Committee: Senate Judiciary