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B26-0081 • 2025

Secure DC Pretrial Detention Extension and Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Secure DC Pretrial Detention Extension and Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Crime
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Pinto
Last action
2025-02-21
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information on the exact nature of the pretrial detention rules or the specific content of the updated reporting requirements beyond deadlines and applicability dates.

Secure DC Pretrial Detention Extension and Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This act removes the expiration date from certain pretrial detention rules in the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 1974 and updates reporting requirements for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the expiration date from specific pretrial detention rules in the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024.
  • Updates the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council's reporting deadlines to May 7, 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People involved in pretrial detention processes in Washington D.C.
  • The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia

Terms To Know

Pretrial Detention
Keeping someone in jail before their trial because a judge thinks they might not show up to court or could be dangerous.
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
A group that helps coordinate and improve the criminal justice system in Washington D.C.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act expires on May 14, 2025.
  • It does not specify how long it will remain effective after approval by the Mayor or Council action to override a veto.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0007 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 001645, Expires on May 14, 2025

  2. 2025-02-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  3. 2025-02-13 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0007, Expires on May 14, 2025

  4. 2025-02-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Feb 26, 2025

  5. 2025-02-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  6. 2025-02-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  7. 2025-02-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0081 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Secure DC Pretrial Detention Extension and Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-7
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Toamend,onanemergencybasis,theSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024toremove
thesunsetdateofcertainpretrialdetentionprovisions;andtoamendtheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictofColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001toclarifycertainreportingrequirements.
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthisactmaybecitedasthe“SecureDC PretrialDetentionExtensionandReportingEmergencyAmendmentActof2025”,
Sec.2.TheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,effectiveJune8,2024(D.C.Law25-175;71DCR2732),isamendedasfollows:(a)Section18(c)(2)isrepealed.(b)Section30(k)isrepealed.
Sec.3.Section1505oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictofColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001,effectiveOctober3,2001(D.C.Law14-28;D.C.OfficialCode§22-4234),isamendedasfollows:(a)Subsection(b-9)isamendedasfollows:
(1)Thelead-inlanguageisamendedbystrikingthephrase“nolaterthan180daysaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection30(f),(g),and(h)oftheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill24-
345)(“SecureDC Omnibus”)”andinsertingthephrase“nolaterthanMay7,2025”initsplace.(2)Paragraph(2)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”initsplace.(3)Paragraph(3)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheeffectivedate
oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”initsplace.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
(4)Paragraph(4)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”initsplace.
(b)Subsection(b-10)isamendedasfollows:(1)Thelead-inlanguageisamendedbystrikingthephrase“forjuveniles”andinsertingthephrase“forjuveniles,nolaterthanMay7,2025”initsplace.(2)Paragraph(2)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC
Omnibus”initsplace.(3)Paragraph(3)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC
Omnibus”initsplace(4)Paragraph(4)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicability
dateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheefifectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace,(5)Paragraph(5)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedate
ofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.(6)Paragraph(6)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase*,aftertheeffectivedate
ofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.(7)Paragraph(7)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedate
ofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.

Sec.4.Applicability.ThisactshallapplyasofJanuary1,2025.
Sec,5.Fiscalimpactstatement.
The Counciladoptsthefiscalimpact statementof theBudget Directoras thefiscalimpact
statementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approved
October 16,2006 (120 Stat.2038; D.C. OfficialCode § 1-301.47a).
Sec.6.Effectivedate.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL,
‘ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan
90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;D.C.OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).
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