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119-s-2686119th Congress

DC CRIMES Act

Sponsored By: Senator Banks, Jim [R-IN]

Introduced

Summary

Limits youth offender status to people 18 or younger. It would also require the D.C. Attorney General to publish a public, machine-readable website of juvenile crime statistics and would prohibit the D.C. Council from changing mandatory minimums or sentencing guidelines that exist on the date of enactment.

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  • Families and young adults: People aged 19 to 24 would lose youth-offender status and related protections and could face adult sentencing.
  • Public and researchers: The Attorney General would publish monthly, downloadable juvenile crime data with an indefinite archive and no personally identifiable information. The site must be live within 180 days and include arrests by age, race, and sex, offense type, prior arrests, prosecution decisions, and sentencing ranges.
  • Local government and sentencing: The D.C. Council would be barred from enacting any change to mandatory minimum sentences or criminal sentencing guidelines that are in effect on the date of enactment.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.

Fewer young adults as youth offenders

If enacted, the bill would change the "youth offender" age from 24 to 18. People aged 19 through 24 would no longer count as youth offenders. The bill would remove planning rules that covered ages 18–24. It would also strike a rule that allowed judges to give youth offenders sentences below mandatory minimums. Probation community service rules would apply only to ages 15 to 18, not up to 24.

Stop D.C. Council changing sentences

If enacted, the bill would bar the D.C. Council from passing any act, resolution, or rule that changes a mandatory minimum sentence or sentencing guideline that exists on the bill's enactment date. This is a restriction on future local lawmaking and does not itself change current individual sentences.

Public juvenile crime data website

If enacted, the bill would require the D.C. Attorney General to build a public website with detailed juvenile crime statistics. The site must show monthly counts and percentages by age, race, and sex; petty crimes; violent crimes; first-time and repeat arrests; declination rates; adult sentencing counts; and sentence-length ranges. The site must be updated monthly, archived indefinitely, and offer machine-readable bulk downloads. The site must not show any juvenile's personally identifiable information. To compile the data, the Attorney General would be allowed to inspect juvenile case, social, and law enforcement records even when other rules normally limit access, but only for the website purpose.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Banks, Jim [R-IN]

IN • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]

    AR • R

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]

    MT • R

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/3/2025

  • Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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