B26-0085 • 2025

Youth Workforce Development Programs Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Children Labor

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Bonds
Last action: 2025-05-16
Official status: Official Law
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date in the metadata (May 03, 2025) differs from the approval date on the bill text (March 13, 2025); the official status indicates it is enacted but relies on a 30-day congressional review period before taking effect.

Youth Workforce Development Programs Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

This temporary law expands background check rules to include adults working with youth in summer employment programs and updates related program management terms.

What This Bill Does

Expands the definition of a 'covered child or youth services provider' to include employees and volunteers at host employers participating in summer youth programs administered by the Department of Employment Services if they have direct contact or unsupervised access to youth.
Authorizes the Department of Employment Services to conduct criminal background checks on these specific employees and volunteers.
Allows the Department of Employment Services to check traffic records for these same individuals.
Updates rules in the Youth Employment Act by removing references to 'closing ceremonies' and replacing them with general program activities.

Who It Names or Affects

Employees and volunteers at host employers or grantees who have direct contact or unsupervised access to youth participating in Department of Employment Services programs.
The District government agency known as the Department of Employment Services, which gains new authority to run checks.

Terms To Know

Host employer: A business or organization participating in youth employment programs established under the Youth Employment Act of 1979.
Covered child or youth services provider: Any District government agency, private entity licensed by or contracting with the District to provide direct services to children or youth, and now includes specific employees or volunteers at host employers in summer programs who have direct contact or unsupervised access to youth.

Limits and Unknowns

This act is temporary and will expire exactly 225 days after it takes effect.
The law does not specify the exact cost of implementation, only that a fiscal impact statement was adopted by the Council.

Bill History

2025-05-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Law L26-0003, Effective from May 03, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 005852, Expires on Dec 14, 2025
2025-03-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Transmitted to Congress
2025-03-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Act A26-0023 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 003113
2025-03-13 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0023
2025-03-13 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Returned from Mayor
2025-03-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Mar 18, 2025
2025-02-18 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Legislative Meeting
2025-02-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0085 Published in the District of Columbia Register
2025-02-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Retained by the Council
2025-02-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Legislative Meeting
2025-02-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
B26-0085 Introduced by Councilmember Bonds at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Youth Workforce Development Programs Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

NROLLED ORIGINAL
ANACT

ACT 26-23
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARCH 13, 2025
‘Toamend,onantemporarybasis,theCriminalBackgroundChecksfortheProtectionof.ChildrenAct of 2004 to expand the definitionofa covered childor youth services
providertoincludeemployeesorvolunteersofhostemployersparticipatinginsummeryouthprogramsadministeredbytheDepartmentofEmploymentServices;and,toamendtheYouthEmploymentActof1979toauthorizetheDepartmentofEmploymentServicestoconductbackgroundchecksandmotorvehiclerecordchecksofemployeesorvolunteersofa hostemployerorgranteewithdirectcontactorunsupervisedaccessto
youthparticipatinginyouthemploymentprograms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Thatthisactmay be
citedasthe“Youth WorkforceDevelopmentProgramsTemporary Amendment Actof 2025”.
Sec.2.Section202(3)oftheCriminalBackgroundChecksfortheProtectionofChildrenActof2004,effectiveApril13,2005(D.C.Law15-353;D.C.OfficialCode§4-1501.02(3)),isamendedtoreadasfollows:“(3)“Coveredchildoryouthservicesprovider":“(A)MeansanyDistrictgovernmentagencyprovidingdirectservicestochildrenoryouthandanyprivateentitythatislicensedbyorcontractswiththeDistricttoprovidedirectservicestochildrenoryouth,orforthebenefitofchildrenoryouth,thataffectthehealth,safety,andwelfareofchildrenoryouth,includingindividualandgroupcounseling,therapy,case‘management,supervision,ormentoring.“(B)Theterm“coveredchildoryouthservicesprovider”doesnotincludefosterparentsorgrantees.
“(C)Notwithstandingsubparagraph(B)ofthisparagraph,theterm“coveredchildoryouthservicesprovider”includesanemployeeorvolunteerofahostemployerorgranteeparticipatinginprogramsestablishedpursuant(osection2aofthe YouthEmploymentActof1979,
effectiveJanuary5,1980(D.C.Law3-46;D.C,OfficialCode§32-242),whohasdirectcontact,withorunsupervisedaccesstoyouthparticipatinginsuchprograms.”.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
Sec.3.Section2aoftheYouthEmploymentActof1979,effectiveJanuary5,1980(D.C.Law3-46;D.C.OfficialCode§32-242),isamendedasfollows:(a)Subsection(h)isamendedasfollows:(1)Paragraph(1)isamendedbystrikingthesemicolonandinsertingthephrase“;and”initsplace.
(2)Paragraph(2)isrepealed.(3)Paragraph(3)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“closingceremony”andinsertingtheword“activities”initsplace.(b)A newsubsection(i)isaddedtoreadasfollows:
“(iTheDepartmentofEmploymentServicesisauthorizedtoperformcriminalbackgroundchecksandtrafficrecordchecksforemployeesandvolunteersofhostemployersorgranteesparticipatinginprogramsestablishedpursuanttothissectioninaccordancewiththeCriminal
BackgroundChecksfortheProtectionofChildrenActof2004,effectiveApril13,2005(D.C.Law15-353;D.C.OfficialCode§4-1501.01erseq.).”.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.
TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpact
statementrequiredby section4aofthe GeneralLegislativeProceduresAct of 1975,approved
October 16,2006 (120 Stat.2038; D.C. OfficialCode § 1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.
(a)ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobythe
Mayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda30-dayperiodofcongressionalreviewas

ROLLED ORIGINAL
providedinsection602(c)(1)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.813;D.C.OfficialCode§1-206.02(c)(1).(b)Thisactshallexpireafter225daysofitshavingtakeneffect.
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APPROVED
MARCH 13, 2025

COUNCILOF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA

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