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H.R. 8352119th CongressLaw
Criminal History Access Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Derek Schmidt (R-KS) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5299)
Where it standsBefore the House51 representatives score as swing votes
Passed both chambers, awaiting the President
- House: passedMay 12, 2026
- Senate: passedSep 30, 2026
- President: Awaiting action
Summary
, via Congress.govCriminal History Access Act of 2026
This bill authorizes a new type of entity—peace officer standards and training agencies—to access criminal history record information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The term
peace officer standards and training agency
means an agency of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory that is authorized to set standards for the hiring, training, ethical conduct, and retention of its law enforcement officers through certification, licensing, or other similar qualification processes.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Criminal justice information and records
- Law enforcement officers
- Licensing and registrations
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 10Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 25Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, 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, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2)
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.
