H.R. 7530 · 118th Congress
D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2024
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- House Introduced Mar 5, 2024
- House Passed May 15, 2024 225–181
D.C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2024 or the DC CRIMES Act of 2024
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to House · Apr 30, 2024
D.C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2024 or the DC CRIMES Act of 2024
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 reduces the maximum age of a youth offender from 24 years to 18 years. 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: DC CRIMES Act of 2024
Also known as: D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act; DC CRIMES Act
Latest action (May 16, 2024): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 5, 2024
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- House Introduced Mar 5, 2024
- House Passed May 15, 2024 225–181
Final vote · House · May 15, 2024
Passage — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Mike Johnson