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First Step Implementation Act of 2021
Introduced: March 25, 2021
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 12, 2021
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 98.
Jul 12, 2021
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jun 10, 2021
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 25, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1820-1826)
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
First Step Implementation Act of 2021
This bill makes various changes related to federal sentencing law and requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish procedures to ensure the prompt release and accuracy of employment-related background check records.
The bill
- allows certain reduced mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses to be applied retroactively to offenders who committed their offenses on or before December 21, 2018;
- permits a court, in certain circumstances, to grant safety valve relief (i.e., impose a sentence without regard to the statutory mandatory minimum penalty for certain drug offenses) for an otherwise eligible defendant who does not meet the requirement pertaining to criminal history;
- permits a court to reduce a sentence imposed on a defendant convicted as an adult for an offense committed as a juvenile if the defendant has served at least 20 years of the sentence;
- establishes a process to seal and expunge certain records of juvenile nonviolent offenses; and
- requires DOJ to establish and enforce procedures to ensure that records exchanged for employment-related background checks are promptly released and accurate.
What's happening now
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 98.
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