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H.R. 4922 119th Congress House

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

Official title: To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 8, 2025 Introduced by: Byron Donalds Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Strongly supports Statement of Administration Policy · Trump administration · Sep 16, 2025 Read the SAP
 Everywhere this bill has been 14 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2025
Received in the Senate.
Sep 16, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 16, 2025
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333)
Sep 16, 2025
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4345)
Sep 16, 2025
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Sep 16, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4922.
Sep 16, 2025
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.
Sep 16, 2025
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate of H.R. 4922, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Garcia (CA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
Sep 16, 2025
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4333)
Sep 15, 2025
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 707 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.
Sep 10, 2025
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 19.
Sep 10, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Aug 8, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Aug 8, 2025
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Sep 16, 2025 House · vote #270 On Passage Passed 240–179 See who voted →
 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.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 103 – Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 707, the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text … Agreed to Sep 16, 2025
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Received in the Senate.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

DC Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act or the DC CRIMES Act

This bill limits the authority of the District of Columbia (DC) government over its criminal sentencing laws. 

The bill eliminates the DC government’s authority to enact any act, resolution, or rule to change any criminal liability sentence in effect on the date of the bill's enactment.

The bill also (1) reduces the maximum age of a youth offender from 24 years to 18 years, and (2) repeals a provision that allows a DC criminal court to issue a sentence to a youth offender that is less than the mandatory minimum term otherwise required by law. A DC criminal court currently has the discretion to reduce or modify certain criminal sentences for a youth offender under specified circumstances. For example, a DC court may sentence a youth offender to probation in lieu of confinement. (However, this discretion does not apply to several specified violent crimes.) 

Additionally, the bill directs the Office of the Attorney General for DC to publish, and update monthly, certain youth offender crime data on a publicly accessible website. 

 Hearings & markups 2
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HRES 707 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to indiv…
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 29

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
    for COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
    for COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
    for COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • THE SENTENCING PROJECT
    for THE SENTENCING PROJECT · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
    for BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
    for COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 8
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Gill, Brandon
Texas · Sep 15, 2025
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Luna, Anna Paulina
Florida · Sep 15, 2025
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Sep 15, 2025
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Higgins, Clay
Louisiana · Sep 9, 2025
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Burchett, Tim
Tennessee · Sep 8, 2025
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Fine, Randy
Florida · Sep 8, 2025
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Webster, Daniel
Florida · Sep 2, 2025
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Clyde, Andrew S.
Georgia · Aug 26, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4922: D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4922/
MLA
"H.R. 4922: D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4922/.
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H.R. 4922, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4922/.
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