To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to a jurisdiction that substantially eliminates cash bail.
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Latest Action · May 14, 2026
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This bill would prohibit the federal government from providing federal funding to any state, county, or local jurisdiction that substantially eliminates cash bail as an option for pretrial release in criminal cases. The Attorney General would be responsible for identifying which jurisdictions have implemented cashless bail policies and would need to make these determinations public within 30 days of the law's enactment and quarterly thereafter. The definition of offenses covered by this restriction includes crimes of violence, sex offenses, burglary, vandalism, looting, and any other offenses the Attorney General determines appropriate. A jurisdiction that loses federal funding due to a cashless bail policy could regain that funding either 180 days after being flagged or when it restores the use of cash bail, whichever is later. The bill does not specify which federal funding programs would be withheld or provide an implementation timeline beyond the initial 30-day period for the Attorney General's determinations.
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