Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025

Where This Stands

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Passed

Signed

Currently in_committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Last action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.May 18, 2026

Version history

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The Frame

What this does

This bill expands the scope of federal fraud prosecution to include bail-related transactions, potentially increasing criminal penalties for individuals or entities involved in fraudulent bail activities.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Bail bond agents

Their business activities regarding bail bonds would be explicitly subject to federal fraud statutes.

Federal prosecutors

They would have expanded legal authority to prosecute fraud cases involving bail transactions.

What changed

Current stage: in_committee.

What's next

Floor Vote.

Summary

This bill proposes to expand federal fraud laws to specifically include activities related to posting bail. It adds monetary bail, criminal s, and federal immigration bail bonds to the list of financial transactions covered under existing federal fraud statutes.

Key Facts

The bill amends Section 1033(f)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code.
The amendment explicitly includes 'the posting of monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds' under the definition of activities subject to federal fraud prohibitions.
The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on November 21, 2025.
The bill is officially titled the 'Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act'.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this bill change?

It updates federal law to clarify that fraud involving bail payments or bonds is subject to federal prosecution.

Does this affect immigration bail bonds?

Yes, the bill explicitly adds federal immigration s to the list of bail-related activities covered by the fraud statute.

Why It Matters

This bill expands the scope of federal fraud prosecution to include bail-related transactions, potentially increasing criminal penalties for individuals or entities involved in fraudulent bail activities.

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Voting Record

Outcome not reportedhouse5/14/2026voteview

Total

415

Yes

240

No

175

Present

0

Not Voting

0

Abstain

0

How they voted (415)

+ 391 more

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

Expansion of Fraud Statutes

The bill represents a move to explicitly codify bail-related transactions under existing federal fraud statutes, likely to close perceived loopholes in current enforcement.

18 U.S.C. 1033

Connected Entities

personMr. Fitzgerald“Primary sponsor of the bill.”Map →

personMr. Steil“Co-sponsor of the bill.”Map →

personMr. Roy“Co-sponsor of the bill.”Map →

organizationCommittee on the Judiciary“The committee to which the bill was referred for review.”Map →

personMr. Wied“Co-sponsor of the bill.”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.congress.gov

Analysis Score

0–100

Significance45
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Controversy40
Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
Entertainment10
Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
Buzz20
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