Logan's Law

Key Points

• The bill would create a free, publicly accessible national database of everyone convicted of a violent crime, including both federal and state records. The database must be established within 180 days of the bill becoming law.
• The database would be searchable by highly detailed personal information, including name, address, date of birth, race, nationality, citizenship status, type of conviction, sentencing judge, and whether the conviction came from a plea deal or trial.
• States that receive Byrne JAG grant funding would be required to share all violent conviction data with the federal government. If a state refuses, it loses access to that grant money, though the Attorney General could redirect those funds directly to local governments within the noncompliant state.
• People whose convictions have been expunged, vacated, or pardoned with a full and unconditional pardon would not appear in the database.
• The bill also requires the Attorney General to report to Congress within 180 days on barriers to sharing criminal records between states and to recommend fixes so repeat offenders are not given lighter sentences because their history was unknown.