First Step Act 2025 Eligibility. Key changes under the first step act. The first step act of 2018 (“first step act,” “fsa,” or “act”) was the culmination of a bipartisan effort to improve criminal justice outcomes and reduce the size of the federal.

The act is a federal criminal justice reform bill that changes many harsh federal sentencing laws. The first step act will now apply the fair sentencing act to 3,000 people who were convicted of crack offenses before the law went into effect.