S. 1843Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025

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The Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 renews the Second Chance Act of 2007, extending its grant programs through 2030. It updates several existing programs to continue supporting reentry, substance‑abuse treatment, education, and mentoring for people leaving incarceration. The bill also adds new focus areas—substance‑use disorder treatment with peer recovery and overdose services, and reentry housing—within state and local reentry demonstration projects.

Key Provisions

Extends the authorization period for many Second Chance Act grant programs from the current 2019‑2023 window to 2026‑2030.
Adds two new activities to state and local reentry demonstration projects: treatment for substance‑use disorders (including peer recovery services, case management, overdose education and reversal medication) and provision of reentry housing services.
Updates the funding periods for grants that support family‑based substance‑abuse treatment, educational methods in prisons/jails/juvenile facilities, career‑training demonstrations, offender‑reentry substance‑abuse collaboration, and community‑based mentoring to the 2026‑2030 timeframe.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

May 21, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued May 21, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1843

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 21, 2025

Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Britt, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Justice, Mr. Coons, and Ms. Alsobrooks) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025.

Improvements to existing programs

(a)

State and local reentry demonstration projects

Section 2976 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end;

(B)

in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following:

(9)

treating substance use disorders, including by providing peer recovery services, case management, and access to overdose education and overdose reversal medications; and

(10)

providing reentry housing services.

; and

(2)

in subsection (o)(1), by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(b)

Grants for family-Based substance abuse treatment

Section 2926(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10595a(a)) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(c)

Grant program To evaluate and improve educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities

Section 1001(a)(28) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(28)) is amended by striking 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(d)

Careers training demonstration grants

Section 115(f) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60511(f)) is amended by striking 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(e)

Offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration program

Section 201(f)(1) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60521(f)(1)) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.

(f)

Community-Based mentoring and transitional service grants to nonprofit organizations

Section 211(f) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60531(f)) is amended by striking 2019 through 2023 and inserting 2026 through 2030.