Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214

Official text excerpt

119 HR 5214 IH: District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-09-08 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5214 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2025 Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. James , and Mr. Moore of North Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require mandatory pretrial and post conviction detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes and require mandatory cash bail for certain offenses that pose a threat to public safety or order in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act . 2. Mandatory pretrial and post conviction detention for crime of violence or dangerous crime (a) Pretrial detention Section 23–1322, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking with an offense and inserting with an offense, other than a crime of violence or dangerous crime (as such terms are defined in section 1331 of this title), ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the judicial officer shall order each person charged with a crime of violence or a dangerous crime (as such terms are defined in section 1331 of this title) be detained for the period before trial. . (b) Post conviction detention Section 23–1325, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking unless and all that follows through section 23–1321 ; (2) in subsection (c), by striking unless and all that follows through section 23–1321 ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) This provisions of this section shall apply with respect to a person convicted of a crime of…

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