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S. 3747 115th Congress Senate

First Step Act of 2018

Official title: A bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 12, 2018 Introduced by: Chuck Grassley Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Dec 13, 2018
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 731.
Dec 12, 2018
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Dec 12, 2018
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 4,117 Scott, Tim – No recorded outcome –
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 Latest action December 13, 2018

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 731.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

First Step Act of 2018

This bill makes changes to various aspects of the criminal justice system.

Among other things, the bill does the following:

  • modifies federal sentencing provisions,
  • establishes a risk and needs assessment system at the Bureau of Prisons, and
  • reauthorizes the Second Chance Act of 2007.
 Related & companion bills 5
  • S 3635 Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018
  • HR 2899 Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2017
  • S 756 First Step Act of 2018
  • S 2795 FIRST STEP Act
  • S 3649 First Step Act
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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Dec 12, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3747: First Step Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3747/
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