Federal transit money tied to state crime and bail rules.
H.R. 10902 — Safe Transit Act · Filed by Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) · Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill ties federal money for buses and trains to three state rules. States must make not paying fares a crime. States must ban violent people from transit. States must limit bail release. Big-city transit systems must spend at least 3% of federal money on security. Security includes lights, barriers, and police. They must report crime data and meet federal crime goals. They must post mugshots of accused people within 7 days. The mugshots stay posted for 45 days.
Who it affects
Transit systems in big cities must follow the new rules to get federal money. States and cities must change their crime rules. People accused of transit crimes will have their photos posted.
One thing to notice
The bill ties federal transit money to state crime rules that are not about transit safety. The bill requires posting photos of accused people, not people found guilty.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Oct 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- bail — Money a person pays to leave jail while waiting for trial.
- mugshots — Photos police take of people accused of crimes.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (25,821 characters) on Oct 28, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,595 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-28.
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