Legislation· Sep 2026Sponsored by Abraham J. Hamadeh (R)
Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026
Requires federal courts to issue lifetime no-contact orders for defendants convicted of violent or sex crimes.
Tradeoff
Imposes a mandatory lifetime ban on contact between defendants and victims of federal violent or sex crimes. Courts can terminate the order only if the victim requests it, the conviction is overturned, or there is a pardon.
What's in it
Passed the House by on August 31, 2026 — now in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Apr 23, 2026)
House
Committee on the Judiciary(Apr 23, 2026)
House
The Committee on Judiciary voted to send it to the floor
Reported 23 - 0(Jun 3, 2026)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-731.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Aug 31, 2026)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
on the Judiciary(Sep 14, 2026)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN)
- David Schweikert (R-AZ)
- David P. Joyce (R-OH)
- Troy Downing (R-MT)
- Brian Babin (R-TX)
- David J. Taylor (R-OH)
- Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP)
- Gary J. Palmer (R-AL)
- Nancy Mace (R-SC)
- Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN)
- Elijah Crane (R-AZ)
- Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)
- Barry Moore (R-AL)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL)
- Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
- Mike Ezell (R-MS)
- Brandon Gill (R-TX)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA)