Logan's Law

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8611 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8611 To establish a publicly accessible database of individuals with convictions for violent crimes, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ 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. 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; an