Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025
Latest action · May 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | May 23, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Oct 9, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Oct 13, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Oct 29, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 21, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2025Introduced in House
- May 21, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 86, May 21, 2025, page H2362.
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 | Related bill | May 21, 2025 |
| S 2296 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Related bill | Nov 12, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2025Introduced in House
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.
