H.R. 8028 · 118th Congress

Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024

Introduced on Apr 16, 2024 by Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1). 32 cosponsors, 17 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 16, 2024): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 16, 2024
Cosponsors
32
17 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Carol D. MillerR-WV-1Sponsor

Democrats · 17

Republicans · 15

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Apr 16, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Apr 16, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Apr 16, 2024 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Correctional Leaders Association6 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  2. Prison Fellowship Ministries5 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  3. CORECIVIC, INC.4 reports
    $910K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CORECIVIC, INC.$449.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. COUNTY OF VENTURA3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  5. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.3 reports
    $51.1M reported (all issues)
  6. County of Santa Barbara3 reports
    $72K reported (all issues)
  7. National Alliance on Mental Illness3 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  8. American Conservative Union2 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)
  9. Correctional Leaders Assoc. (f.k.a. Assoc. of State Correctional Administrators)2 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)
  10. The Business Roundtable, Inc.2 reports
    $9.2M reported (all issues)
  11. The Council of State Governments2 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS LTD.AI match · 99%
  12. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION1 report
    $240K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  13. Catholic Charities USA1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.