1HOUSE · NOV 19, 2025
Passed the House
237–179PASSED
R 209–0 D 28–179
On Passage · roll 298 · 17 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Elise Stefanik R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Committee actionSep 10, 2025
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2025 · 237–179
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5214.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5214, District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025” on October 3, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 10, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61798
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5214, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-315 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 30, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/315
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5214, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Pages H3893-H3894):Section 1, Article 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5214, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
76ddcbe9c5374898c3a2f77e62032e3e799e05afd9069eb3d26908af77ffc2d8
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 5214. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elise Stefanik.
- H.R. 3123 (119th) Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act
- H.R. 1550 (119th) Strengthening America’s Turning Point Act
- H.R. 2916 (119th) To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of…
- H.R. 5213 (119th) No Federal Funds for Cashless Bail Act
- H.R. 9203 (119th) Student Protection and University Accountability Act
- H.R. 7894 (119th) Truman Scholarship Clean House Act
Related bills
- H.Res. 879 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…Procedurally related
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.