D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025

This bill, called the DC CRIMES Act of 2025, would narrow who counts as a “youth offender” in DC and add public reporting on juvenile crime. It changes the youth offender age from under 25 to under 18 and ends judges’ ability to give a youth offender less than the law’s minimum sentence. It also blocks DC’s Council from changing criminal sentences that are already in place.

The bill requires the DC Attorney General to run a public website with monthly updates on juvenile arrests, charges, and outcomes, including breakdowns by age, race, and sex, and whether cases were declined, tried as adults, or led to misdemeanor or felony sentences. The site must keep historical data, protect personal information, and offer data for bulk download; agencies must share needed records with the Attorney General. It must launch within 180 days of enactment.

Key points

• Who is affected: Teens under 18; 18–24-year-olds who would no longer qualify as youth offenders; DC judges and courts; the DC Council; the DC Attorney General; the public accessing crime data.
• What changes: Youth offender age lowered to under 18; no sentences below the legal minimum for youth offenders; DC Council barred from changing existing criminal sentences; required public website with monthly, downloadable, privacy-protected juvenile crime stats.
• When: The juvenile crime website must be online within 180 days after the bill becomes law, with monthly updates.