Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025 passed the House 174 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedNov 21, 2025
ReportedJan 8, 2026
Passed one chamberMay 14, 2026
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 96 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee - Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 70 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 59 words
- Subjects
- Criminal procedure and sentencingFraud offenses and financial crimes
- Latest action
- May 18, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Procedural (rules, motions) · 1
- 119th H.Res. 1275 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5625) to direct the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of each State and unit R · Agreed to
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]