Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026

Lifetime no-contact orders for victims

If enacted, the bill would require federal courts to include a lifetime no-contact order when a defendant is convicted of a covered offense, if the Government or a victim asks. The order would bar any direct or indirect communication or physical interaction for the life of the defendant. "Contact" would include written, oral, electronic, digital, or physical means, including third parties or automated systems. The order could only be ended or paused if a victim files a motion saying the conviction was pardoned or commuted, or if a defendant files a motion saying the conviction was dismissed or overturned on appeal; the court would hold a hearing and may take evidence. Violating the order could be punished as contempt of court, and victims could not be charged a fee for the order. The bill lists many federal sexual and trafficking crimes as covered offenses (for example, 18 U.S.C. 1591; 2241–2245; 2251; 2252).