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H.R. 5140 — To lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age.

13%becomes law moderate confidencepending: Senate passed_one_chamber

To lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certai… — through the House, now needs 60 in the Senate: P(≥60) 44% puts enactment at 13%.

passed the House
13%
downstream: Senate + President
=
13%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority
60 (cloture)

Projected 64 yea of 100 voting; 90% interval 46–93 (quartiles 52–79). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

Filibusterable: the realistic Senate line is 60 votes — P(≥60) = 44% (simple-majority P = 93%).

By floor procedure

No vote is scheduled, so the headline marginalizes over how the Senate would take it up; the branches:

ProcedureLikelihood Projected yeaPasses
conference19% 65 [48–95] 94%
passage81% 63 [46–92] 93%

Receipts

Sponsor: Brandon Gill (R). Latest action (2025-09-17): Received in the Senate.
Full record: Congress.gov.

Forecast run predict-20260606T193507Z · models member-vote-1.0.0-t117d118-20260606 + passage-1.0.0-t117d118-20260606 · conditional whip forecasts for the Senate run at moderate confidence (why).