# 119-hr-6260: Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025

119-hr-6260, Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6260
- Congress: 119
- Title: Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-11-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Expands the federal fraud prohibition to cover posting bail.** The bill would amend 18 U.S.C. 1033(f)(1)(A) to explicitly include the posting of monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds as types of fraud covered by that provision. It also provides the short title Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1] (R-WI), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC), 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Recommit | Failed | 210 | 213 |
| 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Passed | 243 | 179 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger fraud rules for bail posting: benefit, low. This bill would expand federal fraud law to cover fraud tied to posting money bail, criminal bail bonds, and federal immigration bail bonds. Bail agents, defendants, and people who post or arrange bail would face federal fraud charges if they commit fraud in connection with those activities. The bi…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-6260 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6260)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6260 (as of 2026-09-21).