The legislation will ensure that state law enforcement training and certification agencies can access the criminal history information they need to properly screen and approve officers.
Will support legislation to strengthen police background checks by ensuring state law enforcement training and certification agencies can access federal criminal history records when vetting and hiring officers.
Occurrences
introduced the Criminal History Access Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure that state law enforcement training and certification agencies can access the criminal history information they need to properly screen and approve officers.
This bipartisan legislation will ensure local law enforcement can access critical data when vetting and hiring new officers.
Evidence
Ross announced that the Criminal History Access Act of 2026 passed the U.S. House and said it would let local law enforcement access critical data when vetting and hiring new officers.
Assessments
Ross appears to have fulfilled this promise. The promise was to support legislation allowing state law enforcement training and certification agencies to access federal criminal history records when vetting officers. In office, Ross materially advanced that exact policy through the Criminal History Access Act of 2026, described as her bipartisan bill with Rep. Derek Schmidt, and the House passed it on May 13, 2026. Because the commitment was to support this legislation rather than to guarantee final enactment into law, her authorship and successful House passage count as delivery, and it occurred during her current federal term.