Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024
Latest action · Dec 5, 2024 Held at the desk.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 5, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 4, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024
This bill reauthorizes 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 through FY2029 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.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 5, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jun 5, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 5, 2024 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Jun 5, 2024 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Jun 5, 2024 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jun 5, 2024 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jun 5, 2024 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jun 5, 2024 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Dec 5, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Dec 11, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 5, 2024Discharged Dec 5, 2024 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 5, 2024Received in the House.
- Dec 5, 2024Held at the desk.
- Dec 4, 2024Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 4, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6822; text: CR S6822)
- Jun 5, 2024Introduced in Senate
- Jun 5, 2024Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6822Text printed S6822 | Alex Padilla D-CA | Dec 4, 2024 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1843 | Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 | Cross-Congress related bill | May 21, 2025 |
| HR 8028 | Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024 | Identical bill | Apr 16, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Community life and organization
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Employment and training programs
- Family services
- Health programs administration and funding
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Mental health
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2024Engrossed in Senate
- Jun 5, 2024Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
