Logan's Law
Sponsored By: Representative Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a federal, publicly accessible, searchable database of violent criminal convictions and link federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grant funding to state participation while ordering a federal review of criminal-record sharing practices.
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- Covers Federal and State "qualifying convictions" — offenses punishable by more than 180 days that involve or risk the use of physical force. It excludes convictions that are expunged, vacated, set aside, rendered inoperative, or fully pardoned. The Database would include many case details and be free to the public and updated at least quarterly.
- States that receive Byrne Justice Assistance Grants would have to submit qualifying conviction data within 180 days and on an ongoing basis or face withholding of those grant funds. The Attorney General could instead distribute funds directly to local governments in noncompliant States.
- The Attorney General would have 180 days to establish the Database and must produce a separate report within 180 days assessing how criminal records are shared between States and with the Federal Government, identifying barriers and recommending fixes to improve nationwide data flow.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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New public violent offender database
This bill would require the Attorney General to create a public "Violent Criminal Offender Database" within 180 days. The database would include Federal and State records of qualifying convictions and be free to the public. It would be searchable by name, address, birthdate, sex, race, citizenship, conviction details, sentence length, judge, prosecutor, probation history, and other fields the Attorney General adds. The Attorney General would update the database at least quarterly. The Attorney General would remove a person when a conviction is expunged, vacated, set aside, rendered legally inoperative, or fully pardoned. A qualifying conviction would be one punishable by more than 180 days in prison that involves, or creates a substantial risk of, physical force.
States must send conviction data
This bill would require each State that receives Byrne JAG grant funds to submit, within 180 days and on an ongoing basis, all data about qualifying convictions entered by State or local courts. The Attorney General would be barred from sending Byrne JAG amounts to a State that fails to comply. The Attorney General could instead distribute those funds directly to units of local government in that State, and those direct grants would be in addition to any grants already required to local governments.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]
SC • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
NC • R
Sponsored 4/30/2026
Harris (NC)
NC • R
Sponsored 4/30/2026
Norman
SC • R
Sponsored 4/30/2026
Moore (NC)
NC • R
Sponsored 4/30/2026
Hunt
TX • R
Sponsored 5/13/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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