S 1843 · in committee · significant
Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- This bill extends federal funding through 2030 for programs helping people reenter society after incarceration.
- State and local governments, nonprofits, and service providers receive grants to support formerly incarcerated individuals.
- The bill reauthorizes existing grant programs for reentry, substance abuse treatment, prison education, job training, and mentoring services.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would extending reentry funding through 2030 likely affect employment and recidivism rates for formerly incarcerated individuals in your community?
- 02
Which reentry services—job training, substance abuse treatment, or mentoring—do you think would have the greatest impact on successful reintegration?
- 03
What trade-offs exist between investing federal dollars in reentry programs versus other criminal justice priorities?
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Sponsor · R-WV
Shelley Moore Capito
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
12/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-05-21
Joining the bill
Angela D. Alsobrooks
D-MD · original
Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · original
Katie Boyd Britt
R-AL · original
John Cornyn
R-TX · original
Christopher A. Coons
D-DE · original
Kevin Cramer
R-ND · original
Richard J. Durbin
D-IL · original
James C. Justice
R-WV · original
Amy Klobuchar
D-MN · original
Thom Tillis
R-NC · original
Peter Welch
D-VT · original
Sheldon Whitehouse
D-RI · original
Legislative timeline
2025-05-21 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-05-21 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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