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H.R. 1437: No Money Bail Act of 2017

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H.R. 1437: No Money Bail Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-08 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

No Money Bail Act of 2017

Plain summary

No Money Bail Act of 2017 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make ineligible for funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program a state with a bail system that uses payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases. The Department of Justice must reallocate such state's JAG funding among eligible states. Additionally, the bill prohibits payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in any federal criminal case.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

No Money Bail Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] · 38 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bail
Money or conditions a court sets so a person charged with a crime can leave jail while waiting for trial, to make sure they come back to court.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1437 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115