Executive Order 14342

Taking Steps to End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans

Signed 2025-08-25 in effect
Criminal JusticeBail ReformPublic Safety
Law & JusticeDistrict of Columbia

Extends the cashless bail enforcement policy beyond D.C. to a national scope, conditioning federal criminal justice funding on states and localities maintaining cash bail systems.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Purpose and Policy. Maintaining order and

States that maintaining order and public safety requires ending cashless bail policies that release dangerous criminals without financial conditions.

Sec. 2 Consequences for Cashless Bail Jurisdictions

Directs Attorney General to identify states and jurisdictions with cashless bail policies and heads of agencies to identify federal funds that may be suspended or terminated.

Sec. 3 General Provisions

Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.