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The bill clarifies and broadens prohibited conduct around posting bail—helping prosecutors combat fraud and enforce consistent rules—but raises criminal exposure for defendants and their supporters, which may deter bail assistance and reduce access to pretrial release for low-income people and immigrants.
Prosecutors and law enforcement: clearer statutory language makes it easier to identify and pursue fraud or prohibited conduct related to posting bail, improving enforcement consistency.
Individuals who use bail services (including immigrants and low-income defendants): the statute explicitly covers bail-posting conduct, reducing ambiguity about what conduct is prosecutable.
Low-income defendants and others who rely on third parties: broader criminal exposure and explicit prohibitions may deter friends, family, and bail agents from posting bail, reducing access to pretrial release.
Low-income defendants who rely on bail bond services: expanded prosecutable conduct increases the risk that routine bail-posting activity could trigger criminal liability for defendants or their supporters.
Immigrants subject to federal immigration bail: explicitly listed prohibitions make them more directly exposed to criminal prosecution for bail-posting conduct, which could complicate release efforts.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Explicitly adds posting of monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds as examples of covered conduct in 18 U.S.C. § 1033(f)(1)(A).
Amends federal criminal law to explicitly state that posting monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds are covered examples of the prohibited conduct listed in 18 U.S.C. § 1033(f)(1)(A). The change is a narrow, textual clarification that expressly brings those forms of bail posting within the statute's scope but does not create new funding, programs, or additional duties.
Official title: Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025
Introduced November 21, 2025 by Scott Fitzgerald · Last progress May 18, 2026