ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-18
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
February 7, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to amend the Immunization of School Students Act of 1979 to postpone the date by
which students must be vaccinated against COVID-19.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Coronavirus Immunization of School Students Congressional
Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) On November 1, 2022, the Council passed the Coronavirus Immunization of
School Students Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, effective November 22, 2022 (D.C. Act
24-669; 69 DCR 14771), which is set to expire on February 20, 2023.
(b) On November 15, 2022, the Council passed on second reading the Coronavirus
Immunization of School Students Temporary Amendment Act of 2022, enacted on December 8,
2022 (D.C. Act 24- 678; 69 DCR 15080), which is expected to complete congressional review
and become law on March 8, 2023.
(c) Congressional review emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a gap in the law
between the expiration of the emergency act and the effective date of the temporary act.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Coronavirus Immunization of School Students Congressional Review Emergency Amendment
Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.