Logan's Law

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8611 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8611

    To establish a publicly accessible database of individuals with
        convictions for violent crimes, and for other purposes.

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                    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

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                                 A BILL

    To establish a publicly accessible database of individuals with
        convictions for violent crimes, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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.

              TITLE I--VIOLENT CRIMINAL OFFENDER DATABASE

SEC. 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).

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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.

    TITLE II--FEDERAL EFFORTS TO INCREASE DATA SHARING AMONG STATES

SEC. 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).
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