District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session
District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0045
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
6/2/25
Engrossed
6/3/25
As introduced Bill 26-45 would clarify that the District government is not a merchant under the District’s consumer protection law, except with respect to the application of that Chapter’s landlord-tenant relations provisions to the District of Columbia Housing Authority.
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District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0046
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/3/25
Refer
2/7/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/7/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
3/28/25
Report Pass
3/25/25
Refer
3/28/25
Engrossed
4/1/25
Enrolled
5/15/25
Passed
5/28/25
As introduced Bill 26-46 would clarify the definition of qualifying emergency situation; and would permit a court to enter a stay, rather than require a court to enter a stay, when a tenant submits documentation to the court demonstrating that he or she has a pending Emergency Rental Assistance Program application.
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District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session
District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0047
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced Bill 26-47 would amend the requirements for a funeral director’s license, and create an embalmer’s license. Among other things, it would also create requirements for a funeral directing or embalming internship.
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District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0048
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced Bill 26-48 would codify agency deference and clarify that a reviewing court shall defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of a statute or regulation it administers, so long as that interpretation is not plainly wrong, or inconsistent with the statutory or regulatory language or legislature’s intent.
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District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session
District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0049
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced Bill 26-49 would allow for alternative calculation based on a seasonal pricing model to protect consumers from price gouging; and also make a public health emergency a triggering event for the prohibition against price gouging.
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District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0050
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/7/25
As introduced Bill 26-50 would reform the Rapid Re-Housing Program to ensure that individuals and families do not pay more than 30% of their income toward rent.
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District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0051
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced Bill 26-51 would establish the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board and the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration. It would also establish a Cannabis Regulation Division and a Cannabis Advisory Committee. It would prohibit the sale of cannabis or cannabis products without a license and prohibit exchanges of cannabis for purchasing another item. It also establishes guidelines for Social Equity Applicants and a Community Reinvestment Fund, Program and Board, among other things.
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District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session
District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0052
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced Bill 26-52 would establish a Group Violence Intervention Initiative and an organizational structure to guide the efforts of the Initiative. It would allow the Metropolitan Police Department to hire civilian personnel to respond to and investigate certain property crimes and cold cases. The Sentencing Commission is required to publish a biannual report on repeat violent offenders in the District and authorizes the Mayor to take corrective actions to remediate criminal blight at properties in the District. It would require the Director of the Department of Healthcare Finance to submit an amendment to the Medicaid state plan to make community violence prevention services available to Medicaid beneficiaries.
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District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session
District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0053
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
Engrossed
6/3/25
As introduced, Bill 26-53 would establish an electronic will registry. A single-family home rehabilitation program, allow the establishment of a payment plan for delinquent property taxes, and require that all commercial registered agents to accept service of process by electronic mail. It amends the factors for establishing vacancy and blight and among other things, require the Department of Buildings to establish an expedited permit review process for certain construction and building permits. It also provides tax credits and abatements for certain class 3 and 4 properties.
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District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session
District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0054
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced Bill 26-54 would exempt the issuance of occupational and business licenses from the Clean Hands Certification requirement and increase the debt threshold applicable under the Clean Hands Act.
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District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0055
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced Bill 26-55 would provide the buildings and grounds belonging to and used by an institution, organization, or other entity exempt from real property taxation shall not be assessed and taxed where the building or grounds are used for solar energy generation, energy storage, and energy management activities.
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District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0056
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced Bill 26-56 eliminates the mandatory guardianship system for minor child settlements in favor of an investment framework. that will not require annual guardianship reports that consume the proceeds of the child’s settlement. Under this legislation, judicial review is required in settlements with a net recovery of $10,000 or more.
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District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session
District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0057
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced Bill 26-57 would increase the mandatory minimum motor vehicle insurance requirements for property damage liability and third-party liability coverage. It would require insurers to provide enhanced underinsured motor vehicle coverage under a passenger vehicle liability insurance policy. It would increase the mandatory minimum motor vehicle insurance requirements for property damage liability, third-party liability, underinsured motor vehicles. It would also enhance underinsured motor vehicle coverage by $5,000.
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District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session
District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0058
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
6/3/25
Refer
6/6/25
The Chairman is referring this legislation sequentially to the Committee on Business and Economic Development through 11/14/2025, and then to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment.
As introduced Bill 26-58 would establish an extended producer responsibility collection and recycling program for beverage containers to be overseen by the Department of Energy and the Environment.
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District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session
District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0059
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/21/25
As introduced, bill 26-59 would change the definition of a Special Tree and increase the fee for removal of Special Trees. It establishes a fee for the removal of Heritage Trees, and limits the use of the Tree Fund for plantings on public property.