FAMILIES Act

Summary

Finding Alternatives to Mass Incarceration: Lives Improved by Ending Separation Act of 2021 or the FAMILIES Act This bill establishes a federal statutory framework to divert certain defendants who are parents or caregivers away from prison and probation and into a comprehensive support services program. At the federal level, the bill establishes and provides funds for the comprehensive support services program, or FAMILIES Program. The bill authorizes federal courts to sentence a parent or caregiver to participation in the FAMILIES Program as a condition of supervised release or instead of probation or prison. At the state level, the bill funds grants for states to replicate successful state parenting sentencing alternatives programs that have the potential to keep parents out of prison. The bill also provides funds for a study on the effects of incarceration on children of incarcerated parents and for training district court judges to carry out the FAMILIES Program.

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Timeline

1. 27 July 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 July 2021

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 July 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 1 November 2022

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 27 July 2021 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 July 2021

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 July 2021

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 July 2021

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Sponsors

• Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Tony Cárdenas · D · Sponsor
• Jahana Hayes · D · Sponsor
• Gwen Moore · D · Sponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · D · Sponsor
• David Trone · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · D · Sponsor
• Earl Blumenauer · D · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → FAMILIES Act
• related to ← FAMILIES Act