2026年9月3日 美国东部时间06:30 / 福克斯新闻
该法案由亚利桑那州共和党众议员阿贝·哈马德提出，目前已提交至参议院，迈克·李正牵头推动相关工作
作者：斯蒂芬妮·普莱斯 福克斯新闻
2026年9月3日 美国东部时间上午6:30发布
众议院全票通过后，哈马德议员详述《凯莉法案》背后的情感斗争
亚利桑那州共和党众议员阿贝·哈马德解释了《凯莉法案》对他为何具有私人意义，回顾了众议院充满情感的投票过程，并详述了该法案将如何保护幸存者，使其不必再面对已定罪的施暴者，目前该法案已提交至参议院。
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一名亚利桑那州国会议员在众议院全票通过一项旨在防止施暴者在案发数年后将受害者再次拖上法庭的法案后，向已定罪的性侵者发出警告。
“保护受害者。阻止施暴者。终结循环往复，”亚利桑那州共和党众议员阿贝·哈马德在众议院通过《凯莉法案》后在X平台上写道。
“当一名施暴者被定罪后，法院应下达终身禁止接触令，”他补充道。“不是在缓刑期结束后。不是由某位法官认定他‘改过自新’后。而是终身。”
哈马德告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，该法案将要求法院对已定罪的罪犯下达终身禁止接触令，从而为联邦性犯罪和暴力重罪的幸存者提供永久保护。
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“这是一项符合常识的法案，我们支持受害者，将受害者置于罪犯之上，”哈马德说道。
由哈马德提出的编号为H.R. 8481的《2026年凯莉法案》周一在众议院获得全票支持，目前已提交至参议院。
该法案以凯莉·科扎克的名字命名，她是亚利桑那州一名五个孩子的母亲，童年时期曾遭受性虐待，后来当施暴者试图解除禁止接触保护令时，她被迫再次出庭。
哈马德表示，科扎克在虐待事件发生13年后被拖回法庭，次年该男子再次提出相关申请时，她不得不再次出庭。
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“你能想象你不得不坐在那个男人对面吗？”哈马德说。“受害者永远不应该被迫经历这种事。”
这项联邦法案将禁止罪犯在余生中直接或间接联系受害者，即使在监禁、缓刑或监督释放结束后也同样适用。
“当你虐待儿童，或者对儿童实施性虐待，或者针对他们犯下暴力罪行时，你永远不应该再与受害者有任何接触，”哈马德说。
科扎克争取永久保护的斗争源于她与约书亚·雅各布森的经历。雅各布森曾是一名教师和足球教练，对性虐待和引诱未成年人进行性剥削的指控认罪。据福克斯10凤凰台报道，虐待发生时科扎克年仅12岁，是他的一名学生。
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科扎克回到法庭反对他的请求。
“我就是他有能力对儿童实施性伤害的活证据，”科扎克在法庭上说。“他故意选择侵害我，他在担任权力职位期间因针对儿童的危险罪行被定罪。”
雅各布森的请求最终失败。据亚利桑那家庭报报道，马里科帕县一名法官在6月驳回了他的请求，理由是他违反了缓刑规定，包括未经授权接触儿童以及违反陪护限制。
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“没有受害者应该再经历我不得不经历的地狱，”她写道。“当我发现保护并非永久时，我知道必须做出改变。”
《凯莉法案》的多个版本已在亚利桑那州和威斯康星州获得通过。哈马德表示，该州法律实施的第一年，就有超过1000名亚利桑那州幸存者获得了终身保护。
在宣布众议院投票结果的一份声明中，哈马德的办公室表示，该法案旨在结束“法律拉锯战”，这种拉锯战迫使幸存者多次在法庭上面对袭击者，以维持基本的保护措施。
“受害者不应再因为刑期届满、司法系统置之不理而需要再次填写表格、坐在施暴者对面或时刻提心吊胆，”哈马德在投票后的一份声明中说道。
在进入国会之前很久，这个问题就对哈马德具有了个人意义。
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哈马德在该法案在众议院获得全票通过后，敦促参议院批准《凯莉法案》。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-罗尔呼叫公司 盖蒂图片社）
他在五年前竞选亚利桑那州总检察长时结识了科扎克。数年后，在竞选国会议员期间，两人在一家In-N-Out汉堡店外见面，他向她做出了承诺。
“我告诉凯莉，我说：‘凯莉，我一到国会，这就会是我最先推动通过的法案之一，’”哈马德回忆道。
科扎克和她的孩子们后来与哈马德一起在国会大厦见证了众议院通过该法案。
“许下承诺，就信守承诺，”哈马德说。“亲眼见证这一切成真的感觉真的很棒。”
哈马德曾是检察官和陆军退伍军人，他表示科扎克将自己所遭受的创伤转化为一场能够保护数百万其他幸存者的运动。
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“她将这场悲剧转化为激励无数人的力量，”他说。“从事情发生的那一刻起，这对我来说就一直是私事。”
当被问及被告的正当程序权利时，哈马德指出，这些限制仅适用于定罪之后。
“这不是关于定罪前的正当程序，”他说。“他们最终必须被认定有罪。”
一旦罪犯被定罪并判刑，哈马德认为，不应允许他们再联系受害者或多次将幸存者传唤至法庭。
“受害者不应该一次又一次地遭受心理创伤，”他说。“在那个阶段，他们应该永远无法再联系受害者。”
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亚利桑那州共和党众议员阿贝·哈马德表示，《凯莉法案》将阻止已定罪的罪犯多次将受害者拖上法庭。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔呼叫公司 盖蒂图片社）
哈马德表示，他作为检察官的经历让他明白，被迫重温深刻个人创伤的幸存者会受到司法系统多么沉重的情感打击。
“你不得不一遍又一遍地重温这一切，”他说。
“如果受害者仍然生活在恐惧之中，正义就不算完整，”哈马德说。“亚利桑那州已经填补了这一空白。现在是联邦政府也这么做的时候了。”
据哈马德透露，该法案目前已提交至参议院，犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李正牵头推动该法案的进展。
哈马德还感谢亚利桑那州共和党众议员安迪·比格斯帮助该法案在众议院司法委员会获得通过，并敦促美国人致电参议员，推动该法案提交全院投票。
“它在众议院获得了全票通过。它也应该在参议院获得全票通过，”哈马德说。“我们应该一劳永逸地解决这个问题，为受害者免去如此多的创伤和恐惧。”
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哈马德表示，他希望该法案能在11月前提交至唐纳德·特朗普总统的办公桌。
“致电你的参议员，”他说。“请他们将《凯莉法案》提交全院投票。”
斯蒂芬妮·普莱斯是福克斯新闻撰稿人，专注报道西海岸和中西部新闻、失踪人员案件、国内及国际犯罪故事、凶杀案以及边境安全问题。
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2026-09-03 06:30 EDT / Fox News
The bill, introduced by Rep Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz, now heads to the Senate where Mike Lee is leading the effort
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Published September 3, 2026 6:30am EDT
Rep Hamadeh details emotional fight behind Kayleigh’s Law after unanimous House vote
Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., explains why Kayleigh’s Law is personal to him, reflects on the emotional House vote, and details how the bill would protect survivors from repeatedly facing their convicted abusers as it heads to the Senate.
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An Arizona congressman is putting convicted predators on notice after the House unanimously backed a bill designed to prevent abusers from dragging their victims back into court years after their crimes.
“Protect the victim. Stop the predator. End the revolving door,” Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., wrote on X after the House passed Kayleigh’s Law.
“When a predator is convicted, the court issues a lifetime no-contact order,” he added. “Not until probation ends. Not until some judge decides he’s ‘moved on.’ For life.”
Hamadeh told Fox News Digital that the legislation would deliver permanent protection to survivors of federal sex crimes and violent felonies by requiring courts to issue lifetime no-contact injunctions against convicted offenders.
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“This is a common-sense type of bill where we’re supporting victims, and we’re prioritizing victims over criminals,” Hamadeh said.
The Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026, introduced by Hamadeh as H.R. 8481, passed the House with unanimous support Monday and now heads to the Senate.
The legislation is named after Kayleigh Kozak, an Arizona mother of five who was sexually abused as a child and later forced to return to court when her abuser sought to have a no-contact protection lifted.
Hamadeh said Kozak was hauled back into court 13 years after the abuse, and then had to return again when the man made another attempt the following year.
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Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., promised Kayleigh Kozak he would champion her victim-protection measure if elected to Congress.(X/@RepAbeHamadeh)
“Can you imagine that you have to sit across the room from this man?” Hamadeh said. “That’s something a victim should never have to do.”
The federal bill would prohibit an offender from contacting the victim directly or indirectly for the rest of the offender’s life, even after prison, probation or supervised release ends.
“When you abuse a child, or you sexually abuse a child, or if you commit a violent offense against them, you should never have to interact with that person ever in their lives,” Hamadeh said.
Kozak’s fight for permanent protections grew out of her own experience with Joshua Jacobsen, a former teacher and soccer coach who pleaded guilty to sexual abuse and luring a minor for sexual exploitation. Kozak was 12 years old and one of his students when the abuse occurred, according to FOX 10 Phoenix.
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Jacobsen was sentenced to six months in jail and lifetime probation. Nearly two decades later, he asked a Maricopa County judge to end that probation, arguing that his conduct over the previous 18 years showed he had reformed and was ready to “move on,” the outlet reported.
Kozak returned to court to oppose his request.
“I am living proof that he is capable of sexually harming children,” Kozak told the court. “He consciously chose to violate me, and he was convicted of committing a dangerous crime against a child while he was in a position of power.”
Jacobsen’s effort ultimately failed. A Maricopa County judge denied his request in June, citing probation violations that included unauthorized contact with children and breaches of chaperone restrictions, according to Arizona’s Family.
Jacobsen remains on lifetime probation under the supervision of Maricopa County Adult Probation.
Kozak celebrated the House vote on X, saying the country was “one step closer” to giving victims of heinous crimes the permanent protection they deserve.
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Joshua Jacobsen remains on lifetime probation after a judge denied his request to end the court supervision in June 2026.(Phoenix Police Department)
“No victim should ever have to endure the hell I had to walk through,” she wrote. “When I discovered protection wasn’t permanent, I knew it had to change.”
Versions of Kayleigh’s Law have passed in Arizona and Wisconsin. Hamadeh said more than 1,000 Arizona survivors secured lifetime protection during the state law’s first year.
In a statement announcing the House vote, Hamadeh’s office said the legislation aims to end the “legal tug-of-war” that forces survivors to repeatedly face their attackers in court to maintain basic protections.
“Victims should never again have to fill out another form, sit across from their abuser, or look over their shoulder because the sentence ran out, and the system shrugged,” Hamadeh said in a statement following the vote.
The issue became personal for Hamadeh long before he entered Congress.
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Hamadeh urged the Senate to approve Kayleigh’s Law after the measure passed the House unanimously.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
He met Kozak about five years ago while running for Arizona attorney general. Years later, as he campaigned for Congress, the two met outside an In-N-Out Burger, where he made her a promise.
“I told Kayleigh, I said, ‘Kayleigh, the moment I get to Congress, it’s going to be one of my first bills that I get done,’” Hamadeh recalled.
Kozak and her children later joined Hamadeh at the Capitol as the House approved the legislation.
“Promise made, promise kept,” Hamadeh said. “To actually see it done has been really wonderful.”
Hamadeh, a former prosecutor and Army veteran, said Kozak transformed the trauma she endured into a campaign that could protect millions of other survivors.
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Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., poses with Kayleigh Kozak, her husband and their five children following House action on Kayleigh’s Law.(X/@RepAbeHamadeh)
“She’s turned this tragedy into something that’s an inspiration to so many,” he said. “From the moment it happened, it’s always been personal to me.”
Asked about defendants’ due process rights, Hamadeh noted that the restrictions would apply only after a conviction.
“This is not about the due process beforehand,” he said. “They ultimately have to be found guilty of a crime.”
Once an offender has been convicted and sentenced, Hamadeh argued, that person should not be allowed to contact the victim or repeatedly summon the survivor back to court.
“The victim shouldn’t be re-traumatized over and over again,” he said. “At that point, they should have no ability to contact the victim ever in their lifetime.”
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Rep. Abe Hamadeh said Kayleigh’s Law would prevent convicted offenders from repeatedly dragging their victims back into court.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Hamadeh said his time as a prosecutor showed him how emotionally punishing the court system can be for survivors forced to revisit deeply personal trauma.
“You have to relive that over and over again,” he said.
“Justice is not complete if the victim still lives in fear,” Hamadeh said. “Arizona already closed that gap. It is time the federal government did the same.”
The legislation now faces the Senate, where Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is leading the effort to move it forward, according to Hamadeh.
Hamadeh also credited Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., for helping move the measure through the House Judiciary Committee and urged Americans to call on senators to bring it to the floor.
“It passed unanimously in the House. It should pass unanimously in the Senate,” Hamadeh said. “We should fix this once and for all and be able to save victims so much of this trauma and this terror.”
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Hamadeh said he hopes the bill reaches President Donald Trump’s desk before November.
“Call your senators,” he said. “Ask them to bring up Kayleigh’s Law to the floor.”
Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.