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S1843Referred to Committee

Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-05-21
Introduced
12
Cosponsors
S
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Type

Sponsor

Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · WV · Senator
Votes with party: 75.5% (841 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/C001047

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (12)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)Original· 2025-05-21
  • James C. Justice (R-WV)Original· 2025-05-21
  • John Cornyn (R-TX)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Kevin Cramer (R-ND)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Peter Welch (D-VT)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Thom Tillis (R-NC)Original· 2025-05-21

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-05-21

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-05-21

Previously

  • Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-21

Plain-English Summary

Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 various federal grants for state, local, and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and service providers to support individuals who reenter the community following a period of incarceration. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes the following: grants for adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects; grants for family-based substance abuse treatment programs; grants to evaluate and improve educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; grants for career training education; the offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration program; and grants to nonprofit organizations for community-based mentoring and transitional services.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement
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