D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025

Sponsor: Byron Donalds (Republican-FL)August 8, 2025

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Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Received in the Senate.

Limits D.C. youth offender status to under 18 and creates a public website for juvenile crime data.

This bill would change who is considered a youth offender in Washington, D.C., by lowering the age limit from 24 to under 18. It would also remove a judge's ability to give youth offenders sentences below mandatory minimums. Additionally, the bill would require the D.C. Attorney General to create a public website with detailed, updated statistics on juvenile crime.

What Would Change

Today, individuals up to 24 years old can be considered youth offenders in D.C., and judges can give them sentences below mandatory minimums. There is no public website for D.C. juvenile crime statistics, and juvenile records are confidential. If this bill passes, youth offender status would be limited to those under 18, and judges could no longer issue sentences below mandatory minimums for youth offenders. A public website with detailed, monthly updated juvenile crime statistics would be created, requiring D.C. agencies to share data, overriding existing confidentiality rules.

Key Provisions

Limits youth offender status in D.C. to individuals under 18 years of age.
Ends the ability for judges to give youth offenders sentences below mandatory minimums.
Requires the D.C. Attorney General to create a public website with detailed, monthly updated statistics on juvenile crime.
Mandates D.C. courts and law enforcement to share juvenile records with the Attorney General for the website, overriding existing privacy rules.
Removes consideration of individuals aged 18-24 from D.C. strategic plans for youth facilities and services.
Changes eligibility for community service under probation for youth offenders from ages 15-24 to 15-18.