No Bail Post-Jail Act

Bill: 119-s-2768
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2025-09-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2768 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 11, 2025 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To deny pretrial release for certain individuals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Bail Post-Jail Act . 2. Denial for pretrial release for prior incarceration Section 3124(e) of title 18, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) A person shall be considered to pose a danger to the safety of the community and be ineligible for release if the judicial officer finds that the person— (A) is charged with a felony offense; (B) is an adult or a juvenile charged as an adult with regard to the offense; and (C) has a prior felony conviction for a crime of violence that resulted in the person serving not less than 30 days in a State or Federal correctional facility, not including any period of pretrial detention without conviction. .