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HR 5172 · introduced · significant

Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill increases mandatory minimum prison sentences for serious crimes in Washington D.C., including murder, sexual abuse, and carjacking.
  • The bill affects people convicted of these crimes in D.C., including allowing life sentences without parole for minors convicted of first-degree murder.
  • The changes take effect upon enactment with no specified implementation period or fiscal cost noted.

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    How might increasing mandatory minimum sentences for serious crimes in D.C. affect both public safety outcomes and the composition of the prison population?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the claim that longer sentences for murder, sexual abuse, and carjacking will reduce these crimes more effectively than current sentencing practices?

  3. 03

    How should lawmakers balance concerns about accountability for serious crimes with concerns about imposing life sentences without parole on minors?

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Andy Biggs

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Introduced 2025-10-03

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-10-03 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.

  2. 2025-10-03 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-326.

  3. 2025-10-03 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-326.

  4. 2025-09-10 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 19.

  5. 2025-09-10 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  6. 2025-09-08 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

  7. 2025-09-08 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  8. 2025-09-08 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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