HR6260Passed House
Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-11-21
Introduced
5
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Scott Fitzgerald
Republican · WI · Representative
Votes with party: 98.0% (558 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (5)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2026-05-18
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-05-18
Previously
- House Committee on the JudiciaryUnknown · 2026-05-14
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReported By · 2026-04-09
- Judiciary CommitteeReported By · 2026-04-09
- Judiciary CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-01-08
- House Committee on the JudiciaryMarkup By · 2026-01-08
Plain-English Summary
Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025 This bill broadens the definition of the term business of insurance , for the purposes of federal crimes related to insurance fraud, to include the posting of monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and federal immigration bail bonds. Under the bill, entities and organizations that pay cash bond or bail for defendants (e.g., charitable bail funds) are engaged in the business of insurance under federal law and subject to federal criminal provisions related to insurance fraud, as well as state licensing requirements and regulation by state insurance commissions.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Crime and Law Enforcement
Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6260 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6260 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit fraud in connection with posting bail. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH POSTING BAIL. Section 1033(f)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the comma the following: ``(including the posting of monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds)''. Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2026. Attest: Clerk. 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6260 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit fraud in connection with posting bail.
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