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H.R. 4922 · 119th Congress

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

Passed HouseCrime and Law Enforcement
IntroducedAug 8, 2025
Passed HouseSep 16, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Passed House. Latest step, Sep 17, 2025: Received in the Senate. The House passed it 240–179. All 4 of Iowa's representatives voted yes in the House. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 2 new provisions of its own.

How this bill changes the law

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H.R. 4922 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 2 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text as passed by the House (Sep 16, 2025).

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Youth offenders
  • Sec. 3 Establishment and operation of website on District of Columbia juvenile crime statistics
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

    From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.

    What it does

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    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.

    Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Aug 8, 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

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

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    Recorded votes

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    1. Sep 16, 2025 · HousePassed 240–179
      Iowa: Randy Feenstra yes, Ashley Hinson yes, Mariannette Miller-Meeks yes, Zachary Nunn yes
      On Passage · needed a majority
      R 209 yes, 1 noD 31 yes, 178 noEach member · Record

    Cosponsors

    • Tim Burchett R-TN-2
    • Andrew S. Clyde R-GA-9
    • Randy Fine R-FL-6
    • Brandon Gill R-TX-26
    • Clay Higgins R-LA-3
    • Anna Paulina Luna R-FL-13
    • Daniel Webster R-FL-11
    • Joe Wilson R-SC-2