Next Step Home Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4217 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4217 To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration under the First Step Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2024 Ms. Butler (for herself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Coons, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Smith, Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration under the First Step Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Next Step Home Act. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The recidivism rates of beneficiaries of the First Step Act (Public Law 115-391; 132 Stat. 5194) is only 12.4 percent c…