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B26-0131 • 2025

Louise B. Miller Way Designation Act of 2025

Louise B. Miller Way Designation Act of 2025

Enacted

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

Sponsor
R. White
Last action
2025-08-26
Official status
Official Law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify if there are additional requirements beyond the symbolic designation process under the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982.

Louise B. Miller Way Designation Act of 2025

This act designates T Street, NW between 12th and 13th Streets as Louise B. Miller Way.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates a section of T Street in Washington D.C. as Louise B. Miller Way.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who live, work or visit in the area around T Street between 12th and 13th Streets, NW.
  • The city government of Washington D.C., which will manage this street designation.

Terms To Know

Symbolic Designation
A way to honor someone by naming a public space after them without changing the official name on legal documents.
Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982
The law that sets out how streets can be named or renamed in Washington D.C.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not change the official name on legal documents, only designates it symbolically.
  • Does not provide funding for any changes to the street signs or other physical markers.

Bill History

  1. 2025-08-26 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Mark-up filed in the Office of Secretary

  2. 2025-07-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Law Number L26-0016 Effective from Jul 16, 2025

  3. 2025-06-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Congress

  4. 2025-05-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0067 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 006107

  5. 2025-05-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  6. 2025-05-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0067

  7. 2025-05-09 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on May 23, 2025

  8. 2025-05-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  9. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Report Filed by the Committee of the Whole

  10. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  11. 2025-03-18 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Mark-up of B26-0131 by the Committee of the Whole

  12. 2025-03-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee of the Whole

  13. 2025-02-28 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0131 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  14. 2025-02-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0131 Introduced by Councilmember R. White at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Louise B. Miller Way Designation Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
ANACT
D.C. ACT 26-67
INTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
MAY 19, 2025
TosymbolicallydesignateT Street,NW,between12thStreet,NW and13thStreet,NW,asLouiseB.MillerWay.
BE ITENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA, Thatthis
actmay be citedasthe“LouiseB. MillerWay DesignationAct of2025”.
Sec.2.Pursuanttosections401,403a,and423oftheStreetandAlleyClosingand
AcquisitionProceduresAct of 1982,effectiveMarch 10,1983 (D.C.Law 4-201;D.C. Official
Code §§ 9-204.01,9-204.03a,and 9-204.23),theCouncilsymbolicallydesignatesT Street,NW,
between12thStreet,NW and13thStreet,NW, as“LouiseB.MillerWay”.
Sec.3.Fiscalimpactstatement.
TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementinthecommitteereportasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a)..
Sec.4.Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda30-dayperiodofcongressionalreview

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