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B26-0013 • 2025

Girl Scouts’ Way Designation Act of 2025

Girl Scouts’ Way Designation Act of 2025

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Nadeau
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
Official Law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Girl Scouts' Way Designation Act of 2025

This law gives the name 'Girl Scouts' Way' to a specific street block in Washington, D.C.

What This Bill Does

  • Symbolically names the 3000 block of Veazey Terrace NW as Girl Scouts' Way.
  • Uses existing rules from the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982 to make this change.
  • Adopts a fiscal impact statement that was included in the committee report.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Residents who live on or near Veazey Terrace NW
  • The Girl Scouts organization

Terms To Know

Symbolically designate
Giving a special name to a place without changing its legal status, traffic rules, or ownership.
Fiscal impact statement
A report that explains how much money the new law will cost or save for the government.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The text does not say if physical signs with the new name will be installed.
  • The exact date the law takes effect depends on when the Mayor approves it and finishes a review period.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Law L26-0012, Effective from Jun 13, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 006766

  2. 2025-05-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0064 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 005335

  3. 2025-05-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Congress

  4. 2025-04-29 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  5. 2025-04-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0064

  6. 2025-04-22 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on May 06, 2025

  7. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  8. 2025-03-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  9. 2025-02-18 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Mark-up of B26-0013 by the Committee of the Whole

  10. 2025-01-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0013 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  11. 2025-01-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee of the Whole

  12. 2025-01-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0013 Introduced by Councilmember Nadeau at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Girl Scouts’ Way Designation Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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D.C. ACT 26-64
INTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
API 24, 2025
Tosymbolicallydesignatethe3000blockofVeazeyTerrace,NW,asGirlScouts’Way.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Thatthis
actmay be citedasthe“GirlScouts’Way DesignationAct of 2025”.
Sec.2.Pursuanttosections401,403a,and423oftheStreetandAlleyClosingandAcquisitionProceduresActof1982,effectiveMarch10,1983(D.C.Law4-201;D.C.OfficialCode §§ 9-204.01,9-204.03a,and 9-204.23),the Council symbolicallydesignatesthe3000 block
ofVeazeyTerrace,NW,as“GirlScouts’Way”.
Sec.3.Fiscalimpactstatement.
‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementinthecommitteereportasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a)..
Sec.4.Effectivedate.ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobythe
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Mayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda30-dayperiodofcongressionalreviewasprovidedinsection602(c)(1)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.813;D.C.OfficialCode§1-206.02(c)(1)).
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