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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 402
To amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to revise references
in such title to individuals with intellectual disabilities.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY5, 2025
Mr. M
ORAN(for himself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to
revise references in such title to individuals with intellec-
tual disabilities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Words Matter for the 4
District of Columbia Courts Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLEC-6
TUAL DISABILITIES. 7
(a) J
URISDICTION OF UNITEDSTATESDISTRICT 8
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OURT.—Section 11–501(2)(D), District of Columbia Of-9
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ficial Code, is amended by striking ‘‘substantially retarded 1
persons’’ and inserting ‘‘persons with moderate intellec-2
tual disabilities’’. 3
(b) J
URISDICTION OF SUPERIORCOURT.—Section 4
11–921(a)(4)(D), District of Columbia Official Code, is 5
amended by striking ‘‘substantially retarded persons’’ and 6
inserting ‘‘persons with moderate intellectual disabilities’’. 7
(c) J
URISDICTION OFFAMILYCOURT.—Section 11– 8
1101(a)(15), District of Columbia Official Code, is amend-9
ed by striking ‘‘the at least moderately mentally retarded’’ 10
and inserting ‘‘persons with moderate intellectual disabil-11
ities’’. 12
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