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H.R. 5625119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Cashless Bail Reporting Act
Sponsored by Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC) · 23 active : 23 Republicans
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 14, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govCashless Bail Reporting Act
This bill requires the Department of Justice to publish annually a list of state and local governments that permit individuals who are charged with certain criminal offenses that pose a clear threat to public safety and order to be released pending trial on personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond.
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Under the bill, the criminal offenses that pose a threat to public safety and order include criminal offenses involving a violent or sexual act (e.g., burglary, murder, or rape) and offenses that promote public disorder (e.g., looting or vandalism).
On August 25, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that required the Department of Justice to submit to the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security a list of state and local jurisdictions that have substantially eliminated cash bail as a potential condition for pretrial release for crimes that pose a clear threat to public safety and order, including offenses involving violent, sexual, or indecent acts, or burglary, looting, or vandalism.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On PassagePassed308 yea, 116 nayMay 14, 2026 · Roll call 171
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 51 | 29 | 57% |
| Middle | 209 | 52 | 25% |
| Entrenched | 164 | 17 | 10% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Government information and archives
- State and local government operations
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
23 activeShow all 23 cosponsors
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)
- Chip Roy (R-TX-21)
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11)
- David J. Taylor (R-OH-2)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
- Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2)
- Keith Self (R-TX-3)
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC-5)
- Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3)
- Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8)
- Russell Fry (R-SC-7)
- Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10)
- Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38)
- Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)
- Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13)
- Richard McCormick (R-GA-7)
- Brandon Gill
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
