Advocacy

We pursue bold state policy reforms in the largest states in the country. Our federal policy priorities impact reform in all 50 states.

8 in Arizona since 2021
56 in California since 2014
7 in Florida since 2018
16 in Illinois since 2017
8 in Michigan since 2018
8 in Ohio since 2017
3 in Pennsylvania since 2022
8 in Texas since 2021
8 in Tennessee since 2024
10 Federal since 2021

We pursue bold state policy reforms in the largest states in the country. Our federal policy priorities impact reform in all 50 states.

California

Visit Californians for Safety and Justice to see detailed breakdowns of all our California based policies.

  • SB 731, Sunsets 2022
  • SB 1260, Sunsets, 2022
  • SB 1017, Housing, 2022
  • SB 1720, Employment, 2022
  • SB 1106, Fresh Start Act, 2022
  • AB 160, Victim Compensation, 2022
  • AB 1924, Employment, 2022
  • AB 200, Flexible Assistance for Survivors of Violence Grant Program, 2022.
  • AB 1949, Bereavement, 2022
  • SB 1268, Curtis’s Law, 2022
  • Budget Allocation, Reentry Support, 2022
  • Budget Allocation, Victims Support and Resources, 2022
  • Budget Allocation, Mental Health Investments, 2022
  • SB 81, Sentencing, 2021
  • AB 1076, Expungements, 2021 
  • Budget Allocation, Mental Health, 2021
  • Budget Allocation, Victim Compensation 2021
  • Budget Savings, Prison Closure, 2021
  • No on Prop 20, 2020
  • AB 2992, Employment, 2020
  • AB 3234, Diversion, Parole Reform, 2020
  • AB 1950, Probation Reform, 2020
  • SB 1190, Housing, Victims’ Rights, 2020
  • COVID-19 Reentry, 2020
  • Budget savings, two prison closures, 2020
  • Budget savings, Department of Juvenile Justice, 2020
  • Budget allocation, Victim Compensation, 2020
  • AB 1076, Expungement, 2019
  • AB 1331, Record Change Reform, 2019
  • SB 375, Victim Compensation, 2019
  • SB 1437, Best Practices Act, 2018
  • SB 1232, Victim Compensation, 2018
  • AB 1115, Expungements, 2017
  • AB 1384, Trauma Recovery Center Funding, 2017
  • AB 340, Child Trauma Screening, 2017
  • Prop 57, Early Release, Youth Justice, 2016
  • AB 2765, Record Change, 2016
  • Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD), 2016
  • Bringing Families Home, 2016
  • CalWORKs Housing Support Program, 2016
  • AB 1056, Expungements, 2015
  • SB 1010, Sentencing Reform, 2014.
  • SB 1161, Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment, 2014
  • SB 1310, Deportation, 2014.
  • AB 270, Medi-Cal Eligibility, 2013
  • AB 752, Employment, 2013
  • SB 71, Trauma Recovery Center Funding, 2014
  • Proposition 47, Expungement, 2014
Arizona
  • SB 1367, Occupational Licensing, 2024 
  • Budget Appropriations Trauma Recover Centers, 2023
  • HB 2055, Probation Credits, 2023
  • HB 2604, Victim Safety, 2022
  • HB 2594, Trauma Recovery Centers, 2022.
  • Budget Allocation, Victim Compensation, 2022
  • SB 1294, Record Sealing, 2021
  • HB 2318, Sentencing Reform, 2021
Florida
  • SB 376, Sunsets, 2023
  • HB 233, Curtis’ Law, 2023
  • Budget Allocation, Shared Safety Solutions 2022
  • Budget Allocation, Trauma Recovery Center, 2021
  • COVID-19 Reentry, 2020
  • Budget Allocation, Victim Support, 2020 
  • HB 7125, Shared Safety, 2019
Illinois
  • SB 3713, Victims’ Compensation, 2024
  • HB 2493, VESSA Expansion, 2023
  • HB 3026, Earned Credits, 2023
  • Protected SAFE-T Act, 2023
  • Budget Appropriations, Trauma Recovery Centers, 2023
  • Budget Allocation, Shared Safety, 2022
  • Protected SAFE-T Act, 2022
  • HB 3653, SAFE-T Act, 2021
  • Budget Allocation, Victim Services and Support, 2021
  • Budget Allocation, Community Based Services, 2020 
  • COVID-19 Reentry, 2020 
  • SB 262, Trauma Recovery and Rehabilitation, 2019
  • HB 62, Trauma Recovery and Rehabilitation, 2019
  • Expungement of marijuana convictions, 2019
  • SB 2872, The Neighborhood Safety Act, 2017
  • SB 1607, Criminal Justice Best Practices Act, 2017
Michigan
  • 2023 Budget Allocation, Trauma Recovery Centers, 2023
  • HB 4674 and 4675, Victims’ Compensation, 2022
  • Budget Allocation, Trauma Recovery Centers, 2022
  • Jails Task Force Pre-Trial Bill Package, 2021 
  • Budget Allocation, Shared Safety, 2020
  • HB 4980-4985 and 5120, Clean Slate, 2020
  • HB 4129 and HB 4132, Health Access, 2019
  • HB 5377, Objective Parole, 2018
Ohio
  • New Trauma Recovery Center, 2023
  • Budget Allocations, Shared Safety, 2023
  • SB 288, Reentry and Redemption, 2023
  • Budget Allocations, Shared Safety, 2022
  • SB 36, Victim Compensation, 2021
  • Budget Allocation, Diversion and Community-Based Services, 2021
  • SB 66, Diversity and Community-Based Services, 2018
  • Expanded diversion from prison and earned credit for people in prison – Changes to the final signed 2018 – 2019 Ohio budget (detailed here). Passed in 2017.
Pennsylvania
  • HB 2032, Victim Rights, 2022
  • HB 2464, Victim Compensation, 2022
Texas
  • Budget Allocation, Reentry, 2023
  • SB 49, Victims’ Compensation, 2023
  • Trauma Recover Center Advocacy, 2023
  • Administrative Reforms, 2020
  • SB 1584, Sentencing, 2017
  • Budget Allocation, Trauma Recovery Center, 2022
  • HB 385, Probation Reform, 2021
  • SB 957, Victim Compensation, 2021
  • Reclassification, 2020
  • SB 1584, Probation Reform, 2021
Federal
  • Trauma Recovery Center Grant Program, 2024
  • Victims’ Compensation Regulations, 2024
  • Gun Violence Prevention Advocacy, 2023
  • Trauma Recovery Centers Grant, 2023
  • ARPA Support for Trauma Recovery Centers, 2023
  • Alternatives, Rehabilitation and Reentry, 2023
  • Budget Allocation, NCHIP, 2022
  • Shared Safety Budget Allocations, 2022
  • VOCA Fix Act, 2021
  • Build Back Better Act Budget Allocations for Shared Safety, 2021