{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-5214","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 5214","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require mandatory pretrial and post conviction detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes and require mandatory cash bail for certain offenses that pose a threat to public safety or order in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require mandatory pretrial and post conviction detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes and require mandatory cash bail for certain offenses that pose a threat to public safety or order in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To require mandatory pretrial and post conviction detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes and require mandatory cash bail for certain offenses that pose a threat to public safety or order in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-09-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-11-19","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h298","question":"On Passage","title":"District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act","result":"Passed","yea":237,"nay":179,"present":0,"not_voting":17,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll298.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2025-11-20"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-09-30","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill mandates, in the District of Columbia (DC), pretrial and post-conviction detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes and cash bail to obtain pretrial release for public safety or order crimes."},{"k":"p","t":"Under current DC law, a court may generally order a defendant released before trial based on the judge’s assessment of the risks posed by the defendant's release. If the defendant is charged with a crime of violence or a dangerous crime, the court must determine conditions for release; if the defendant has a prior history of such crimes, is charged with a crime that involves deadly weapons, or is charged with a crime of violence, there is a rebuttable presumption that the defendant must be detained."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill requires defendants charged with a crime of violence or a dangerous crime to be detained while awaiting trial. It also prohibits a court from releasing a defendant charged with a public safety or order crime without a secured appearance bond (i.e., money or property subject to forfeiture). Public safety or order crimes include fleeing from a law enforcement officer, rioting, and stalking."},{"k":"p","t":"Current DC law also allows individuals who are convicted of an offense to be released pending sentencing or an appeal if the court finds the individual is unlikely to flee or pose a danger to others. The bill requires individuals who are convicted of a crime of violence or a dangerous crime to be detained in these circumstances."}],"words":250},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the District of Columbia Official Code to require pretrial and post-conviction detention for persons charged with or convicted of a crime of violence or dangerous crime, and to require a secured appearance bond for release of persons charged with a public safety or order crime.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text/eh#H35ADB11089524446B32099500A12311D"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text/eh#H0308BAA0A11D4BA9846B37AF03B474FF"}]},"core_areas":["Mandatory pretrial detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes in the District of Columbia","Post-conviction detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes in the District of Columbia","Secured appearance bonds for public safety or order crimes in the District of Columbia"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a subsection to section 23–1322 of the D.C. Official Code requiring the judicial officer to order that each person charged with a crime of violence or a dangerous crime be detained for the period before trial.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text/eh#H35ADB11089524446B32099500A12311D"}},{"text":"Amends section 23–1325 of the D.C. Official Code to apply its post-conviction detention provisions to a person convicted of a crime of violence or a dangerous crime, and strikes language in subsections (b) and (c) that begins with \"unless\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text/eh#H35ADB11089524446B32099500A12311D"}},{"text":"Changes the definitions of dangerous crime and crime of violence so that burglary and robbery refer to burglary or robbery in the first degree, attempted first-degree burglary or robbery, or burglary or robbery with a dangerous weapon.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text/eh#H35ADB11089524446B32099500A12311D"}},{"text":"Adds a release option to section 23–1321 of the D.C. Official Code under which a person charged with a public safety or order crime may be released only upon execution of a secured appearance bond.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text/eh#H0308BAA0A11D4BA9846B37AF03B474FF"}},{"text":"Defines \"public safety or order crime\" to include failure to appear, obstruction of justice, fleeing from a law enforcement officer, rioting, inciting a riot, destruction of property, stalking, and burglary or robbery other than in the first degree or with a dangerous weapon, along with a previous conviction of any such offense.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text/eh#H0308BAA0A11D4BA9846B37AF03B474FF"}},{"text":"Applies the Act to an individual charged with an offense in the District of Columbia on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text/eh#H9040D4760D7F437B82BB61218C087745"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-11-19","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5214/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-5214.png","v":"4a3cf86f7791","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5214, 119th Congress: District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025. House: 237 Yea, 179 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 19 Nov 2025."}}