Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025
Passed HouseCrime and Law Enforcement
IntroducedNov 21, 2025
Passed HouseMay 14, 2026
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet
Where it stands
Passed House. Latest step, May 18, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The House passed it 243–179. It would change 1 section of existing law.
How this bill changes the law
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H.R. 6260 would change 1 section of existing law. Read from the bill text as sent to the Senate (May 18, 2026).
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H.R. 6260Bill
Sec. 2Fraud in connection with posting bail1 change
18 U.S.C. 1033Crimes by or affecting persons engaged in the business of insurance whose activities affect interstate commerce
(2)The punishment for an offense under paragraph (1) is a fine as established…
(a)(1) Whoever is engaged in the business of insurance whose activities affect…
(b)(1) Whoever—
(B)Any individual who is engaged in the business of insurance whose activities…
(c)(1) Whoever is engaged in the business of insurance and whose activities affect…
(d)Whoever, by threats or force or by any threatening letter or communication,…
(e)(1)(A) Any individual who has been convicted of any criminal felony involving…
The bill says: 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)".
From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, 2024 edition, which may not yet show changes made since.
What it does
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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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Apr 9, 2026).
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What has happened
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May 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 243 - 179 (Roll no. 169). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H3474) Roll call recordLibrary of Congress
Apr 9, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-601.Library of Congress
Nov 21, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress