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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-17 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate. | Senate |
| 2025-09-16 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2025-09-16 | Vote | On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333) | House floor actions |
| 2025-09-16 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4345) | House floor actions |
| 2025-09-16 | Floor | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2025-09-16 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. | House floor actions |
| 2025-09-16 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4922. | House floor actions |
| 2025-09-16 | Floor | 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 |
| 2025-09-16 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4333) | House floor actions |
| 2025-09-15 | Floor | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2025-09-10 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 19. | House committee actions |
| 2025-09-10 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | House committee actions |
| 2025-08-08 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House floor actions |
| 2025-08-08 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |