S 1843
119th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025
Introduced: May 21, 2025
Introduced by:
Capito, Shelley Moore
Republican
· West Virginia
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May 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 21, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.