H.R. 8205 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act
Cosponsors: 5 (0 D, 5 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2024-05-01
Latest action (2024-11-12): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
What H.R. 8205 does, in plain terms
Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act This bill makes the posting of cash bail, criminal bail bonds, and federal immigration bail bonds subject to the federal laws governing the business of insurance.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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