H.R. 4922D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025

1 recorded actionWhat the measure does Read on Congress.gov

Sponsor: Byron Donalds [R-FL-19]
Cosponsors: 8 · 8 Republicans
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Committee: Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Latest action: Sep 17, 2025 · Received in the Senate.

IntroducedAug 8, 2025
Passed the HouseSep 16, 2025
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4922 as introduced in House on Aug 8, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 270

House Sep 16, 2025

On Passage

DC CRIMES Act

Passed

240 Yea 179 Nay 13 not voting

Party-line vote 32 of 419 voting members broke with their own party: 31 Democrats, 1 Republican.

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All members432 members

Democratic213 members

Independent1 member

Republican218 members

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Cosponsors8 · 8 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4922 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

Who lobbied on H.R. 49229 organizations

Organizations that named H.R. 4922 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.

THE SENTENCING PROJECTfiled by THE SENTENCING PROJECT, MR. KEITH WALLINGTON

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8 filings · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2026Filing

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAfiled by CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice · Budget/Appropriations · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code7 filings · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2026Filing

BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE

Firearms/Guns/Ammunition · Government Issues · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · District of Columbia6 filings · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2026Filing

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC.

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice · Immigration · Budget/Appropriations3 filings · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026Filing

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties2 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025Filing

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Medicare/Medicaid · Immigration · Science/Technology · Health Issues +10 more2 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025Filing

HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA

Immigration · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice · District of Columbia · Education +9 more1 filing · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025Filing

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice · Budget/Appropriations · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties +9 more1 filing · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025Filing

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice1 filing · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025Filing

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