First Step Act

First Step Act
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleFormerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act
Acronyms (colloquial)First Step Act
Enacted bythe 115th United States Congress
EffectiveDecember 21, 2018
Citations
Public law115-391
Legislative history
United States Supreme Court cases

The First Step Act, formally known as the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act, is a bipartisan criminal justice bill passed by the 115th U.S. Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in December 2018. The act enacted several changes in U.S. federal criminal law aimed at reforming federal prisons and sentencing laws in order to reduce recidivism, decreasing the federal inmate population, and maintaining public safety.[1]

  1. ^ "The First Step Act of 2018: An Overview" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. March 4, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2020.