Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025
The Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Royal Assent
- Shabana Mahmood
- 1 April 2025
- 8 August 2025
What the bill does
A Bill to Make provision about sentencing guidelines in relation to pre-sentence reports.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading1 APR 2025 · COMMONS
- 2nd reading22 APR 2025 · COMMONS
- Programme motion22 APR 2025 · COMMONS
- Committee of the whole House30 APR 2025 · COMMONS
- 3rd reading30 APR 2025 · COMMONS
- Committee stage19 MAY 2025 · LORDS
- Report stage4 JUN 2025 · LORDS
- Royal Assent (current stage)19 JUN 2025 · UNASSIGNED
What Royal Assent means, and what happens next
The bill has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
Its provisions come into force on the date the Act specifies, which may be immediately, on a set date, or when a minister makes a commencement order.
Read the full guide to this stage: What happens at Royal Assent
Official bill page on parliament.uk
Questions about the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025
- What stage is the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 at?
- The Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Has the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 become law?
- Yes. The Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Who sponsored the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025?
- The Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 was sponsored by Shabana Mahmood.
- When was the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 introduced?
- It was introduced to Parliament on 1 April 2025, at first reading.
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