Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-11-21
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Officially: “Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025” Read the full text
Crime and Law Enforcement
What it does
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 insura
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act .
2Fraud in connection with posting bail
This section would insert the phrase "(including the posting of monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds)" before the comma in section 1033(f)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code. Stating what this changes in practice requires the current text of 18 U.S.C. 1033(f)(1)(A), which is not included in the provided bill text, so the resulting rule cannot be rendered without risking a faithfulness error.
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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) .
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Where it is
Introduced · 2025-11-21
In the House.
Passed the House · 2026-05-14
Senate floor vote · next
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The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
6
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
THE BAIL PROJECT, INC.via COLLIER COLLECTIVE, LLC
3 filingsDUE PROCESS INSTITUTEvia DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
2 filingsNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL)via NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL)
1 filingSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC.via SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC.
1 filingFrom 7 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (2026-05-18).