The record

LegislationLegislation· Nov 2024
HR 8205

Sponsored by Scott Fitzgerald (R)

Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act

Would have made cash bail and bail bonds subject to federal insurance-business laws.

Tradeoff

Would have applied federal insurance-business laws to cash bail, criminal bail bonds, and immigration bail bonds. Would have added these bail types to a federal fraud statute.

What's in it

See official bill text

The House passed it 255-161 on September 25, 2024, and the Senate never voted before the Congress ended.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (May 1, 2024)

  2. House

    Committee on the Judiciary(May 1, 2024)

  3. House

    The Committee on Judiciary voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 14 - 9(Sep 19, 2024)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-704.

  4. House

    On

    Failed(Roll #453 · Sep 25, 2024)

    206 yeanay 212

  5. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed(Roll #454 · Sep 25, 2024)

    255 yeanay 161

  6. Senate

    Received from the House

    on the Judiciary(Nov 12, 2024)

Passage votes· Sep 25, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025