HR 5214
Passed a chamber
Requires judges in the District of Columbia to hold people charged with violent or dangerous crimes until trial and after conviction, and requires secured cash bail for certain public safety and order offenses.
Official title: District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
08-SEP-2025
Referred
08-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
10-SEP-2025
Reported
30-SEP-2025
On the calendar
30-SEP-2025
Passed
19-NOV-2025
Senate
Received
20-NOV-2025
- Requires judges to order pretrial detention for anyone charged with a crime of violence or dangerous crime, and applies mandatory detention after conviction for those crimes.
- Requires a secured appearance bond, rather than release on personal recognizance, for people charged with public safety or order crimes such as failure to appear, obstruction of justice, rioting, stalking, and fleeing from police.
- Limits the burglary and robbery offenses counted as violent or dangerous crimes to first-degree or armed versions, and exempts other burglary and robbery charges from the public safety or order category.
- Applies to people charged with an offense in the District of Columbia on or after the date 30 days after enactment.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (30-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 19-NOV-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.govCrime and Law Enforcement
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