HR 8481
Passed a chamber
Requires courts to issue lifetime no-contact orders at sentencing against defendants convicted of certain federal violent felonies and sex offenses, ending only on a victim's motion after a pardon, commutation, or changed circumstances, or on a defendant's motion after the conviction is dismissed or overturned.
Official title: Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
23-APR-2026
Referred
23-APR-2026
Approved by committee
03-JUN-2026
Reported
06-JUL-2026
On the calendar
06-JUL-2026
Passed
31-AUG-2026
Senate
Received
14-SEP-2026
- Applies to defendants convicted of a federal felony crime of violence or a listed federal sex offense, such as sexual exploitation, trafficking, and certain child sexual abuse material offenses.
- Order is issued at sentencing, on the government's motion with victim consent or on the victim's motion, and remains in effect for the defendant's life.
- Defines contact broadly to include direct or indirect communication, including electronic and intermediary contact, and makes violations punishable as contempt of court.
- Victims pay no fee for the order, and a court must hold a hearing on any motion to end it.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (06-JUL-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 31-AUG-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
Crime and Law Enforcement
■ 21 R
21 Republicans
- Brian Babin
- Andy Biggs
- Tim Burchett
- Ken Calvert
- Juan Ciscomani
- Elijah Crane
- Troy Downing
- Mike Ezell
- Brandon Gill
- Paul A. Gosar
- David P. Joyce
- Kimberlyn King-Hinds
- Nancy Mace
- Daniel Meuser
- Barry Moore
- Gary J. Palmer
- David Schweikert
- Christopher H. Smith
- W. Gregory Steube
- Marlin A. Stutzman
- David J. Taylor