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HR 4922 Passed a chamber

Limits youth offender status in the District of Columbia to people under 18 and requires the D.C. Attorney General to run a public website with monthly statistics on juvenile arrests, prosecutions, and sentences.

Official title: D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 08-AUG-2025
Referred 08-AUG-2025
Approved by committee 10-SEP-2025
On the calendar 15-SEP-2025
Passed 16-SEP-2025
Senate
Received 17-SEP-2025
Key points
  • Lowers the age limit for youth offender status in D.C. from 24 to under 18 and removes the 18-to-24 group from the strategic plan for facilities and services.
  • Changes the community service age range for probation orders from 15 to 24 years of age to 15 to 18.
  • Prohibits sentences below the mandatory-minimum term under the Youth Rehabilitation Act.
  • Requires the D.C. Attorney General to build a public website, updated monthly, with juvenile arrest and prosecution data broken down by age, race, and sex, in bulk-downloadable format with no personal information, and requires the website to be established within 180 days after enactment.
AI-generated from the Engrossed in House text of 16-SEP-2025 · verify · report an error
Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (08-AUG-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 16-SEP-2025).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor Byron Donalds (R-FL) Cosponsors · 8
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