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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 text confirms the act applies retroactively to January 1, 2025.

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

This emergency law removes expiration dates for certain pretrial detention rules from a 2024 act and updates reporting deadlines to include data on the Prioritizing Public Safety Emergency.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes sunset dates that would have ended specific pretrial detention provisions in the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 by repealing Section 18(c)(2) and Section 30(k).
  • Updates reporting requirements for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to include data on laws passed after the Prioritizing Public Safety Emergency took effect.
  • Sets May 7, 2025 as the deadline for certain reports required by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia criminal justice system
  • People held in pretrial detention before their trial dates under provisions affected by the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024

Terms To Know

Sunset date
A specific date when a law or rule automatically stops working unless it is renewed.
Pretrial detention
Holding people in jail while they wait for their court trial to begin.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act is an emergency measure and remains in effect for no longer than 90 days after approval.
  • The text does not explain why these specific detention rules needed to be extended beyond their original dates.
  • The exact financial cost of extending these provisions is noted as adopted from a Budget Director statement but the amount is not listed here.

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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