119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Apr 1, 2025
A resolution designating April 2025 as "Second Chance Month".
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Latest action (Apr 28, 2025): Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2610; text: 3/31/2025 CR S2096)
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Apr 1, 2025)
This resolution designates April 2025 as Second Chance Month to promote awareness of unnecessary legal and social barriers that prevent individuals with criminal records from becoming productive members of society.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2610; text: 3/31/2025 CR S2096)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES · lobbying firm or registrant: THE HAZEN COUNSEL, LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 19, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Oversight Act; (H.R.5883/S.3077) Safer Supervision Act of 2025; Implementation of First Step Act; (H.R.3552,S.1843) Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025; (S.Res 149/H.Res 289) Second Chance Month Bicameral Resolutions; (H.R.2586)Reentry Act of 2025; (H.R.2718,S.1322) Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Cust…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES · lobbying firm or registrant: THE HAZEN COUNSEL, LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$29,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Prison Oversight Act; (H.R.5005/S.2691) Safer Supervision Act; Implementation of First Step Act; (H.R.3552,S.1843) Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025; (S.Res 149/H.Res 289) Second Chance Month Bicameral Resolutions; (H.R.2586)Reentry Act of 2025; (H.R.2718,S.1322) Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Cust…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES · lobbying firm or registrant: THE HAZEN COUNSEL, LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 20, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$27,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mentation of First Step Act; (H.R.3552,S.1843) Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025; White House Proclamation designating April 2025 Second Chance Month; (S.Res 149/H.Res 289) Second Chance Month Bicameral Resolutions;; (H.R.2586)Reentry Act of 2025; (H.R.2718,S.1322) Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Cus…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES · lobbying firm or registrant: PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 15, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…law enforcement to investigate violent crime and homicides; and efforts to secure a Presidential Second Chance Month proclamation. Also includes engagement on S.Res.149 - A resolution designating April 2025 as Second Chance Month, and H.Res.289 - Expressing support for the designation of April 2025 as "Second Chance Month."
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing