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

Summary

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. 

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Timeline

1. 8 August 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 8 August 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 8 August 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 10 September 2025

   Vote

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 19.

   Source: Committee

5. 10 September 2025

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

   Source: Committee

6. 15 September 2025

   Reported

   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.

   Source: Floor

7. 16 September 2025

   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.

   Source: Floor

8. 16 September 2025

   Floor

   Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4333)

   Source: Floor

9. 16 September 2025

   Passed

   Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

   Source: Floor

10. 16 September 2025

    Vote

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333)

    Source: Floor

11. 16 September 2025

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333)

    Source: Floor

12. 16 September 2025

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

13. 17 September 2025

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate.

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Documents

3 official files

• Engrossed in House

  Engrossed in House · EN · 16 September 2025

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• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 8 August 2025

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 8 August 2025

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Sponsors

• Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] · R · Cosponsor
• Daniel Webster · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Tim Burchett · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsgo00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) 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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity; and for other purposes.