H.R. 4922 · 119th Congress

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

Introduced on Aug 8, 2025 by Byron Donalds (R-FL-19). 8 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Sep 17, 2025): Received in the Senate.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Aug 8, 2025
Cosponsors
8
0 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. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • District of Columbia
  • Government information and archives
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Juvenile crime and gang violence

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Aug 8, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Byron DonaldsR-FL-19Sponsor

Republicans · 8

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Passage
    Sep 16, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 240–179

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Aug 8, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Aug 8, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Aug 8, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  4. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 19.
  6. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseRules 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.
  7. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4333)
  8. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseRule 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.
  9. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4922.
  10. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  11. Sep 16, 2025 · HousePOSTPONED 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.
  12. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4345)
  13. Sep 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333)House · Roll call 270
  14. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333)House · Roll call 270
  15. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  16. Sep 17, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate.

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. The Sentencing Project6 reports
    $117.5K reported (all issues)
  2. Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence4 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  3. Council of the District of Columbia4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  4. SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC.3 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)
  5. American Civil Liberties Union2 reports
    $920K reported (all issues)
  6. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights2 reports
    $700K reported (all issues)
  7. Heritage Action for America1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  8. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.1 report
    $140K reported (all issues)
  9. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)1 report
    $15K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • 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.