Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025
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What it doesSummary reported to house (Apr 9, 2026)
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.
What just happenedMay 18, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
- Referred in SenateMay 18, 2026
- Engrossed in HouseMay 14, 2026
- Reported in HouseApr 9, 2026
- Introduced in HouseNov 21, 2025