Women in Criminal Justice Reform Act

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Introduced 2026-05-21Topic: criminal justice · public safety · social services

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This bill changes how the federal justice system treats women and parents. It requires federal officers to let arrested parents arrange care for their children, creates grants for state police training and for recruiting women officers, and lets judges weigh a defendant's children when deciding on release before trial. It creates a federal pretrial diversion program, caps most federal drug conspiracy penalties at 5 years, and bars judges from using acquitted conduct to increase sentences. It also sets health care, trauma care, nutrition, and living-condition requirements for women in federal prisons, and changes foster care rules on when states may seek to end parental rights.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-05-21	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-05-21	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-05-21	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-05-21		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-05-21		Introduced in House	introduce

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