D.C. CRIMES Act
What does the D.C. CRIMES Act do?
HR 4922 is a House bill sponsored by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL-19). Amends the District of Columbia Youth Rehabilitation Act of 1985 to lower the age ceiling for "youth offender" status from "24 years of age or younger" to "18 years of age or younger" (Section 2(6) of the Youth Rehabilitation Act, D.C. Official Code section 24-901(6)). Two conforming amendments follow: Section 3(a-1) of the Act (D.C. Official Code section 24-902(a-1)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) (which addressed strategic planning for individuals 18 through 24 in facilities, treatment, and services), and Section 4(a)(2) (D.C. Official Code section 24-903(a)(2)) is amended to change "15 to 24 years of age" to "15 to 18 years of age." Section 4(b) (D.C. Official Code section 24-903(b)) is restructured — paragraph (2) (which addressed sentencing below the mandatory-minimum term) is struck and paragraph (3) is redesignated as paragraph (2). Section 3 adds a new section 16-2340a to Subchapter I of chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, requiring the D.C.
Did HR 4922 pass? Where it stands
As of July 17, 2026, HR 4922 has passed the House.
Status: Passed House
Latest vote: House Passed 240–179 on September 16, 2025
Outlook: Low
Key provisions
- Youth Offender Age Ceiling: 24 → 18
- Section 2(6) of the D.C. Youth Rehabilitation Act (D.C. Code section 24-901(6)) amended by striking "24 years of age or younger" and inserting "18 years of age or younger"
- Conforming: Section 3(a-1) paragraph (3) (D.C. Code section 24-902(a-1)) — addressing strategic planning for individuals 18 through 24 — is struck
- Conforming: Section 4(a)(2) (D.C. Code section 24-903(a)(2)) amended by striking "15 to 24 years of age" and inserting "15 to 18 years of age"
- Mandatory-Minimum Sentencing Restructure
- Section 4(b) of the Act (D.C. Code section 24-903(b)) is restructured — the "(b)(1)" designation is replaced with "(b)"
- Paragraph (2) — which addressed sentences less than the mandatory-minimum term — is struck
- Paragraph (3) is redesignated as paragraph (2)
- Juvenile Crime Statistics Website (Section 16-2340a)
- D.C. Attorney General must establish and operate a publicly accessible website
- 11 required statistical measures: total arrests annually; arrests by age/race/sex; petty-crime arrests (vandalism, theft, shoplifting); crime-of-violence arrests; first-offense arrests; prior-arrest history; number of prior arrests among repeat arrestees; declination rate for OAG prosecutions; number tried as adults; sentencing outcomes (no sentence / misdemeanor / felony); length of correctional-facility time to be served
- Updated monthly; archived for indefinite historical access; available in machine-readable bulk-download format; no personally identifiable information
- Website must be established within 180 days of enactment
- Records-Access Conforming Amendments
- D.C. Code section 16-2331 (juvenile case records of family court) — new subsection (i) requires provision of records to the Attorney General for the website
- D.C. Code section 16-2332 (juvenile social records of family court) — new subsection (h) requires provision of records to the Attorney General for the website
- D.C. Code section 16-2333 (police and other law enforcement records) — new subsection (g) requires provision of records to the Attorney General for the website
- Bar on D.C. Council Sentence Changes
- Section 602(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Code section 1-206.02(a)) amended by adding paragraph (11)
- Prohibits the D.C. Council from enacting any act, resolution, or rule to change any criminal liability sentence in effect on the date of enactment of the D.C. CRIMES Act
Last updated July 15, 2026