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Ending Cashless Bail in Our Nation’s Capital Act

To prohibit cashless bail in the District of Columbia.

Introduced Sep 4, 2025

Latest action (Sep 4, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Referred to
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice

Summary
  • Prohibits the District of Columbia from policies that fail to allow cash bail at levels necessary to ensure public safety for defendants charged with offenses including failure to appear, obstruction of justice, fleeing law enforcement, rioting, sexual abuse, property destruction, stalking, and aggravated assault
  • Prohibits the District of Columbia from policies that fail to allow cash bail for defendants charged with the same offenses on multiple occasions
  • Prohibits the District of Columbia from policies that fail to mandate or impose an automatic presumption of pretrial detention for defendants charged with violent offenses including murder, rape, carjacking, sexual abuse of a minor, robbery, and burglary

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Sep 4, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
  2. Sep 4, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

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  • S 2705 — Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act · Introduced Sep 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 5214 — District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025 · Passed House Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 2768 — No Bail Post-Jail Act · Introduced Sep 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 8821 — No Bailouts for Cashless Bail Jurisdictions Act · Introduced May 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 5213 — No Federal Funds for Cashless Bail Act · Introduced May 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 6260 — Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025 · Passed House May 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 4, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To prohibit cashless bail in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Ending Cashless Bail in Our Nation’s Capital Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CASHLESS BAIL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

The District of Columbia shall not have in effect a policy or practice that—

(1) fails to allow for cash bail at the highest level necessary to ensure public safety, as appropriate, as a condition of pretrial release for a defendant that poses a clear threat to public safety and order, including—

(A) a defendant charged with an offense involving—

(i) a failure to appear;

(ii) obstruction of justice;

(iii) fleeing from a law enforcement officer;

(iv) rioting or inciting to riot;

(v) sexual abuse;

(vi) destruction of another’s property;

(vii) stalking; or

(viii) aggravated assault; and

(B) a defendant charged with such an offense on multiple occasions; or

(2) fails to mandate or impose an automatic presumption of pretrial detention for all defendants charged with violent offenses, such as murder, rape, carjacking, sexual abuse of a minor, robbery, or burglary. <all>

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