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HR4922 Received in the Senate

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

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This Act may be cited as the D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025 or the DC CRIMES Act of 2025.
Section 2(6) of the Youth Rehabilitation Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 24 years of age or younger and inserting under 18 years of age.
Section 3(a–1) of such Act (sec. 24–902(a–1), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
Section 4(a)(2) of such Act (sec. 24–903(a)(2), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 15 to 24 years of age and inserting 15 to 18 years of age.
Section 4(b) of such Act (sec. 24–903(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended—
by striking (b)(1) and inserting (b);
by striking paragraph (2); and
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
Subchapter I of chapter 23 of title 16, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
The Attorney General of the District of Columbia shall establish and operate a publicly accessible website which contains data on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, including each of the following statistical measures:
The total number of juveniles arrested each year.
The total number and percentage of juveniles arrested each year, broken down by age, race, and sex.
Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, the total number and percentage arrested for petty crime, including the following crimes:
Vandalism.
Theft.
Shoplifting.
Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, the total number and percentage arrested for crime of violence (as defined in section 23–1331(4)).
Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, the total number and percentage who were arrested for their first offense.
Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, the total number and percentage who had been arrested previously.
Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year who had been arrested previously, the total number and percentage of the number of arrests.
Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, the declination rate for prosecutions by the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
Of the total number of juveniles sentenced each year, the number and percentage who were tried as adults.
Of the total number of juveniles prosecuted each year, the number and percentage who were not sentenced, who were sentenced to a misdemeanor, and who were sentenced to a felony.
Of the total number of juveniles sentenced each year, the number and percentage of the length of time that will be served in a correctional facility as provided by the sentence.
The Attorney General shall update the information contained on the website on a monthly basis.
The Attorney General shall ensure that the information contained on the website is archived appropriately to provide indefinite public access to historical data of juvenile arrests and prosecutions.
The Attorney General shall ensure that the information contained in the website, including historical data described in subsection (c), is available in a machine-readable format available for bulk download.
In carrying out this section, the Attorney General shall ensure that the website does not include any juvenile’s personally identifiable information.
In this section—
the term crime has the meaning given the term offense in section 23–1331(2); and
the term juvenile has the meaning given the term youth offender in section 2(6) of the Youth Rehabilitation Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), D.C. Official Code).
Section 16–2331, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended—
by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
by inserting after subsection (h–2) the following new subsection:
Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, a person shall provide information contained in juvenile case records to the Attorney General for purposes of the website established and operated under section 16–2340a.
Section 16–2332, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended—
by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:
Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, a person shall provide information contained in juvenile social records to the Attorney General for purposes of the website established and operated under section 16–2340a.
Section 16–2333, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended—
by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection:
Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a person shall provide information contained in law enforcement records and files concerning a child to the Attorney General for purposes of the website established and operated under section 16–2340a.
The Attorney General of the District of Columbia shall establish the website under section 16–2341, District of Columbia Official Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Legislative Timeline

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