# 119-s-2248: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2025 119-s-2248, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2248 - As of: 2026-08-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-2248 - Congress: 119 - Title: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-07-10 - Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA) - Cosponsors: 1 - Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement - Touches household money: no - Last recorded action: 2026-08-11 ## Summary **Limit secure confinement of status offenders and strengthen protections for youth in custody.** This bill would reauthorize Titles II and V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and reshape state plan rules to push diversion, restorative practices, and stronger data on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities. - Youth and families: Requires rapid agency response to status offenses with time‑bound interviews, assessments, and court hearings, and emphasizes community diversion and restorative practices over detention. - State programs and data: Requires states to form advisory groups, expand data reporting to include socioeconomic and disparity metrics, and align federal funds with evidence‑driven youth services and diversion activities. - Detention, courts, and safeguards: Tightens rules for juveniles held in adult or secure facilities by requiring prompt notification, timely placement determinations, periodic judicial review, defined maximum durations, and a pathway to phase out secure confinement of status offenders by September 30, 2028, with limited exceptions. ## Cosponsors (1) - Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Protections for juveniles in adult jails: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would require that juveniles held in adult jails have no sight or sound contact with adult inmates. Courts would need to weigh age, maturity, safety, and facility ability before allowing placement. If placement is allowed, courts would hold reviews at least every 30 days, or ev… - More facilities covered by rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would expand which facilities must follow juvenile justice reporting and compliance rules. It would explicitly include adult jails and lockups, secure detention and correctional facilities, and prisons. It would also cover juveniles who are treated as adults for prosecution whe… - More juvenile programs and data: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let more types of programs qualify for juvenile justice grants. It would add requirements like restorative practices, trauma‑informed responses, ongoing supervision for abuse investigations, and cultural and linguistic competence. Programs would also have to collect broad… - Juvenile justice grants reauthorized: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would authorize federal juvenile justice grants for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. It would not set specific dollar amounts; any funding would still depend on annual appropriations by Congress. - Limit detention for status offense cases: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require States to stop using court orders to lock up youth for status offenses by September 30, 2028, with a narrow interstate exception. It would require prompt notice to a public agency, an in-person interview within 24 hours, and an assessment and court hearing within… - Local agencies can get state funds: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would let local public and private nonprofit agencies receive State juvenile justice funds for up to two consecutive years. The State agency would have to show exigent circumstances to authorize this temporary local eligibility. - Quarterly juvenile intake checks required: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require intake actions to occur at intake and then at least every three months, or more often if needed. Facilities and agencies would need to repeat intake assessments and related steps on a quarterly basis to monitor youth in care. - States get more spending flexibility: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would remove a statutory rule that required at least 75% of certain juvenile justice funds be spent on specific activities. States would instead have to spend funds in accordance with their approved plans and provide evidence that they have or are forming an advisory group. ## Related bills - 119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026 - 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act - 119-s-3304: Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025 - 119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026 - 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 - 119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-s-2248 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2248) ## Related - [119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4949) - [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748) - [119-s-3304: Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3304) - [119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2904) - [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. 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