Safer Supervision Act of 2025

Key Points

• The bill creates a presumption that people on federal supervised release should be released from supervision early once they have served half their term (two thirds for certain violent offenses), show good conduct, and are not a public safety risk.
• More than 110,000 people were on federal supervised release as of December 2024, and this bill directly changes the rules that govern how and when their supervision can end.
• Federal probation officers currently handle caseloads that can exceed 100 cases each, and the bill requires a government report on giving them pay similar to criminal investigators to help address this burden.
• Judges must now perform an individualized assessment and explain in writing why they are or are not imposing supervised release, instead of adding it automatically.
• The bill narrows automatic revocation of supervised release, limiting it to cases involving intent to distribute drugs, certain drug possession, or willful refusal to take a drug test, rather than any controlled substance violation.
• The bill orders a Government Accountability Office study on federal reentry services, including housing, mental health care, substance use counseling, and job placement for people leaving prison.