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H.R. 4922 House Crime and Law Enforcement

DC CRIMES Act

Introduced
Aug 8, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Donalds, Byron (R-FL-19)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate on Sep 17, 2025.

  1. House Introduced in House Aug 8, 2025
  2. House Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Aug 8, 2025
  3. House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Sep 10, 2025
  4. House Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 19. Sep 10, 2025
  5. House 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 15, 2025
  6. House Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4333) Sep 16, 2025
  7. 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 16, 2025
  8. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4922. Sep 16, 2025
  9. House The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. Sep 16, 2025
  10. House 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
  11. House Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4345) Sep 16, 2025
  12. House Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333) Sep 16, 2025
  13. House On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333) Sep 16, 2025
  14. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Sep 16, 2025
  15. House
    On Passage Sep 16, 2025
    Agreed Yea 240 Nay 179 Roll Call
  16. Senate Received in the Senate. Sep 17, 2025

Cosponsors

8

Subjects

Criminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDistrict of ColumbiaGovernment information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaJuvenile crime and gang violence

Committees

  • Oversight and Government Reform Committee
    • [Markup By, Sep 10, 2025]
    • [Referred To, Aug 8, 2025]

Summary

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

[Summary as of: Introduced in House]

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