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Bail Reform Act of 1966
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn Act to revise existing bail practices in courts of the United States, and for other purposes.
Enacted bythe 89th United States Congress
EffectiveSeptember 20, 1966
Citations
Public law89-465
Statutes at Large80 Stat. 214
Codification
Titles amended50 U.S.C.: Release and Detention Pending Judicial Proceedings
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the Senate as S. 1357

Introduced in Senate. Approved by the House on June 22, 1966[1]. Signed by LBJ same day.[2]


  1. ^ House, United States Congress (1965). Calendars of the United States House of Representatives and History of Legislation. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. ^ "Remarks at the Signing of the Bail Reform Act of 1966. | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-20.