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US SB3485

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Richard Durbin

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Allows federal courts to grant home detention to eligible elderly or terminally ill offenders upon defendant motion, substituting supervised release with home detention for the unserved portion of their sentence

  • Reduces the time-served eligibility threshold from two-thirds to one-half of the imprisonment term (minus good-time credits) for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program

  • Extends authorization of the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program from 2023 through 2029

  • Expands program eligibility to include offenders convicted under District of Columbia laws in addition to federal offenses

  • Establishes a 30-day waiting period for judicial review of compassionate release or home detention requests, after which defendants may petition the court regardless of whether the Bureau of Prisons has responded

Legislative Description

Safer Detention Act of 2025

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S8738)

12/15/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary12/15/2025

Full Bill Text

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