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H.R. 6260 (119th): Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025

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.

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Recorded summary

The bill, titled the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025, broadens the definition of 'business of insurance' for federal insurance-fraud crimes to include posting monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and federal immigration bail bonds. Entities that pay cash bail or bond for defendants, including charitable bail funds, would be treated as engaged in the business of insurance, making them subject to federal insurance-fraud provisions and state licensing and insurance-commission regulation.

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Theological note: The measure touches on public safety and the just ordering of criminal justice, which Scripture grounds in the state's duty to punish wrongdoing with equity. It also raises the question of how charitable aid to detained persons, such as bail funds serving the poor, should be treated under law, given the church's call to care for prisoners and the vulnerable. Federal extension of criminal and regulatory reach into state-supervised bail activity also bears on the principle of limited and proportionate authority. These are issues for prudential judgment rather than a clear moral verdict on the text as summarized.

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Recorded votes

Roll 168 · 14-May-2026 4:34 PM · On Motion to Recommit · Failed

Yea 210 · Nay 213 · Other 7

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Roll 169 · 14-May-2026 4:46 PM · On Passage · Passed

Yea 243 · Nay 179 · Other 8

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