119th Congress
H.R. 4922

Limits D.C.'s power over criminal sentencing laws

Stops the District of Columbia from changing its criminal sentences, lowers the top age for being treated as a youth offender from 24 to 18, and requires juvenile crime data to be posted online.

  • D.C. could not pass laws changing criminal sentences that were in effect when this bill became law
  • The oldest age for youth offender status would drop from 24 to 18
  • Courts could no longer sentence a youth offender to less than the required minimum
  • The D.C. attorney general would post youth offender crime data online and update it each month

Passed the House · Senate's turn

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