# Congress passes First Step Act

Date: 2018

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](/people/mig-donald-trump) in December 2018.

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