Congress orders a public list of cashless bail places.

What it does

The bill tells the Attorney General to make a list every year. The list shows which states and cities allow cashless bail. It covers serious crimes like violence, sexual abuse, and riots. The goal is to show the public how bail works.

Who it affects

Citizens and groups that watch courts can see which places use cashless bail. The list does not change any bail rules.

One thing to notice

The bill only requires the government to publish facts about cashless bail. It does not change any laws.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

23 cosponsors: 23 Republicans.

• Sep 30, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Sep 30, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
• Dec 18, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Dec 18, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote”
• May 14, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 308 - 116 (Roll no. 171).”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $535,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 8 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.

Mark Harris, who sponsored the bill, received $180,005 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. — $480,000 in 1 report
• The Bail Project, Inc. — $40,000 in 2 reports
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (nacdl) — $15,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• cashless bail — Release from jail without paying money, based on a promise to return to court.
• Attorney General — The top law officer of the United States government.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.