Second Chance Act (2007)

Second Chance Act of 2007
Long title	An act to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes
Enacted by	the 110th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 110–199 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	122 Stat. 657
Codification
Acts amended	Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 1593 by Danny K. Davis (D–IL) on March 20, 2007; Passed the House on November 13, 2007 (347-62); Passed the Senate on March 11, 2008 (unanimous consent); Signed into law by President George W. Bush on April 9, 2008;

The Second Chance Act of 2007 (H.R. 1593), titled "To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes," was submitted to the House by Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize, rewrite, and expand provisions for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects to provide expanded services to offenders and their families for reentry into society. H.R. 1593 was signed into law April 9, 2008.

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