What it does
SourcedSecond Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 various federal grants for state, local, and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and service providers to support individuals who reenter the community following a period of incarceration.
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes the following:
• grants for adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects;
• grants for family-based substance abuse treatment programs;
• grants to evaluate and improve educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities;
• grants for career training education;
• the offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration program; and
• grants to nonprofit organizations for community-based mentoring and transitional services.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, May 21, 2025).
Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.
What has happened
Sourced- May 21, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
Cosponsors
- Don Bacon R-NE-2
- Shontel M. Brown D-OH-11
- Julia Brownley D-CA-26
- Janelle S. Bynum D-OR-5
- André Carson D-IN-7
- Ed Case D-HI-1
- Juan Ciscomani R-AZ-6
- Emanuel Cleaver D-MO-5
- Steve Cohen D-TN-9
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford R-AR-1
- Danny K. Davis D-IL-7
- Bill Foster D-IL-11
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- Daniel S. Goldman D-NY-10
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA-7
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA-4
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA-37
- Robin L. Kelly D-IL-2
- Darin LaHood R-IL-16
- Laurel M. Lee R-FL-15
- Lucy McBath D-GA-6
- Barry Moore R-AL-1
- James C. Moylan R-GU-At Large
- Jerrold Nadler D-NY-12
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
- Jamie Raskin D-MD-8
- Mike Rogers R-AL-3
- John H. Rutherford R-FL-5
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA-3
- Terri A. Sewell D-AL-7
- Lloyd Smucker R-PA-11
- Michael R. Turner R-OH-10
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY-7
- Eugene Simon Vindman D-VA-7
- Bruce Westerman R-AR-4