First Step Act

3.0.0 2795 2023-01-11T13:42:32Z 2023-01-11T13:42:32Z Senate S 2018-05-07 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-07T21:13:39Z First Step Act 115 3649 S 2018-11-26 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674. Related bill CRS First Step Act of 2018 115 3747 S 2018-12-13 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 731. Related bill CRS Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017 115 613 HR 2018-05-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017 115 1084 S 2017-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act 115 5682 HR 2018-05-23 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS First Step Act of 2018 115 756 S 2018-12-21 Became Public Law No: 115-391. Related bill CRS GRACE Act 115 2471 S 2018-02-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2018-05-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR 5/9/2018 S2580-2581; text of measure as introduced: CR S2518-2527) IntroReferral 2018-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2018-05-07 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2018-08-21 False Crime and Law Enforcement Accounting and auditing Advisory bodies Animal protection and human-animal relationships Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Justice Disaster relief and insurance District of Columbia Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Family relationships Firearms and explosives Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Higher education Juvenile crime and gang violence Law enforcement officers Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Mental health Public contracts and procurement Sex offenses Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax-exempt organizations Vocational and technical education Women's health Crime and Law Enforcement

00 2018-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-15T23:13:41Z Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act or the FIRST STEP Act

This bill amends various provisions of law and sets forth new provisions:

to require the Department of Justice to establish and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to implement a risk and needs assessment system to assess prisoner recidivism risk; guide housing, grouping, and program assignments; and incentivize and reward participation in and completion of recidivism reduction programs and productive activities;
to modify the computation of good time credit;
to allow federal correctional officers to securely store and carry concealed firearms on BOP premises outside the security perimeter of a prison;
to limit the use of restraints on federal prisoners who are pregnant or in postpartum recovery;
to require a prisoner to be placed at a facility not more than 500 driving miles away from the prisoner's primary residence;
to require low-risk prisoners to be placed on home confinement for the maximum amount of time permitted;
to reauthorize through FY2022 and modify eligibility for an elderly offender early release pilot program;
to require the BOP to help prisoners obtain identification documents prior to release, to incorporate de-escalation procedures into training programs, and to make tampons and sanitary napkins available free of charge;
to repeal the National Institute of Corrections;
to authorize Federal Prison Industries to sell products to additional markets;
to require probation and pretrial services officers to perform court-directed supervision of sex offenders conditionally released from civil commitment;
to require auditors who monitor compliance with national prison rape standards be certified; and
to require the BOP to establish pilot programs on youth mentorship and service to abandoned, rescued, or vulnerable animals.

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FIRST STEP Act Display Title FIRST STEP Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FIRST STEP Act Short Titles as Introduced Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2795is/xml/BILLS-115s2795is.xml 2018-05-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR 5/9/2018 S2580-2581; text of measure as introduced: CR S2518-2527) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.