3.0.0 1251 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z Senate S S 2023-04-20 118 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-04-20T18:46:43Z 2023-04-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2023-04-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Chuck Grassley R IA 2023-04-20 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2023-04-20 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2023-04-20 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2023-04-20 True O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2023-04-20 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2023-04-20 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2023-04-20 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2023-04-20 True L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2023-04-20 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2023-04-20 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2023-11-02 False B001320 Sen. Butler, Laphonza R. [D-CA] Laphonza Butler D CA 2024-01-31 False Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 2023-05-05T12:45:41Z

00 2023-04-20 Introduced in Senate 2023-12-14T14:24:36Z <p><strong></strong><b>First Step Implementation Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill makes various changes related to federal sentencing law and requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish procedures to ensure the prompt release and accuracy of employment-related background check records. </p> <p>The bill</p> <ul> <li>allows certain reduced mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses to be applied retroactively to offenders who committed their offenses on or before December 21, 2018; </li> <li>permits a court, in certain circumstances, to grant safety valve relief (i.e., impose a sentence without regard to the statutory mandatory minimum penalty for certain drug offenses) for an otherwise eligible defendant who does not meet the requirement pertaining to criminal history; </li> <li>permits a court to reduce a sentence imposed on a defendant convicted as an adult for an offense committed as a juvenile if the defendant has served at least 20 years of the sentence; </li> <li>establishes a process to seal and expunge certain records of juvenile nonviolent offenses; and </li> <li>requires DOJ to establish and enforce procedures to ensure that records exchanged for employment-related background checks are promptly released and accurate. </li> </ul>

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