H.R. 8611

119 HR 8611 IH: Logan's Law
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-04-30
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8611  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 30, 2026   Mr. Fry  (for himself,  Mr. Harrigan ,  Mr. Harris of North Carolina ,  Mr. Norman , and  Mr. Moore of North Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To establish a publicly accessible database of individuals with convictions for violent crimes, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title; table of contents
(a)
Short title
This Act may be cited as   Logan's Law  .
(b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Violent Criminal Offender Database
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Database.
Sec. 103. State participation in database.
TITLE II—Federal efforts to increase data sharing among States
Sec. 201. Report and recommendations on information sharing.
I
Violent Criminal Offender Database
101.
Definitions
In this title:
(1)
Byrne JAG grant program
The term  Byrne JAG grant program  means the grant program established under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq. ).
(2)
Database
The term  Database  means the database established under section 102(a).
(3)
Qualifying conviction
The term  qualifying conviction —
(A)
means any conviction for an offense that—
(i)
is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 180 days, regardless of the sentence actually imposed; and
(ii)
(I)
has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another; or
(II)
by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense; and
(B)
does not include any conviction—
(i)
that has been expunged, vacated, set aside, or otherwise rendered legally inoperative under Federal or State law; or
(ii)
if the person who committed the offense of conviction has been pardoned for the offense pursuant to a full and unconditional pardon.
(4)
State
The term  State  means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and a tribal organization.
(5)
Tribal organization
The term  tribal organization  has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ).
102.
Database
(a)
Establishment
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a publicly accessible database of all individuals with qualifying convictions, to be known as the  Violent Criminal Offender Database .
(b)
Requirements
The Attorney General shall ensure that—
(1)
the Database includes both Federal and State records of qualifying convictions;
(2)
to the extent practicable, the Database utilizes records collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(3)
the Database is available free of charge to the public;
(4)
the Database is searchable by—
(A)
name;
(B)
address;
(C)
date of birth;
(D)
sex;
(E)
race;
(F)
nationality;
(G)
citizenship status;
(H)
type of conviction;
(I)
current and historical probation status related to a qualifying conviction, including information on any probation revocation or violation;
(J)
jurisdiction of each qualifying conviction;
(K)
the maximum fine and term of imprisonment authorized, and the actual fine and term of imprisonment imposed, for each qualifying conviction;
(L)
whether each qualifying conviction was the result of a plea agreement or a trial;
(M)
the sentencing judge for each qualifying conviction;
(N)
the prosecuting office for each qualifying conviction; and
(O)
any other searchable category the Attorney General determines appropriate to ensure the safety of the public; and
(5)
the public is informed of the availability of the Database.
(c)
Updates
(1)
In general
Not less frequently than quarterly, the Attorney General shall update the Database.
(2)
Removal of persons with legally inoperative convictions
Upon determining that a conviction for which a person has been listed in the Database no longer constitutes a qualifying conviction by reason of section 101(3)(B), the Attorney General shall remove the person from the Database with respect to that conviction.
103.
State participation in database
(a)
Submission of data
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and on an ongoing basis thereafter, each State that receives amounts under the Byrne JAG grant program shall submit to the Attorney General all data regarding qualifying convictions entered by a court of the State or a political subdivision of the State necessary for the Attorney General to comply with section 102.
(b)
Byrne JAG grant penalty for noncompliance
The Attorney General—
(1)
shall not distribute amounts under the Bryne JAG grant program to a State that is not in compliance with subsection (a); and
(2)
in the case of amounts under the Byrne JAG grant program that the Attorney General would have distributed to a State but for the prohibition under paragraph (1) of this subsection, may, at the discretion of the Attorney General, and without regard to the requirements and limitations under section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10156 ), distribute those amounts directly to units of local government in the State, which shall be in addition to the grants required to be made directly to units of local government under subsection (d) of such section 505.
II
Federal efforts to increase data sharing among States
201.
Report and recommendations on information sharing
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes the following:
(1)
A description of the current process and procedure for sharing criminal records, including fingerprint, warrant, and criminal history data—
(A)
between the States; and
(B)
between the States and the Federal Government.
(2)
The identification of any procedural or process burdens that can or could result in criminal records not being shared between prosecutorial offices or departments, to the extent that such burdens result in harm to the public.
(3)
Recommendations for both the Department of Justice and Congress to ensure that criminal records are shared between relevant prosecutorial offices and law enforcement agencies of States and between such offices and agencies of States and the Federal Government such that the public is protected from criminal offenders.
(4)
Any other matters, issues, laws, compacts, or regulations that the Attorney General identifies as detrimental to the goal of ensuring that—
(A)
the records of criminal offenders are shared with prosecutors nationwide; and
(B)
repeat criminal offenders are not given inappropriately light sentences due to their records not being shared as described in subparagraph (A).