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B26-0273 • 2025

Rental Housing Registration Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Rental Housing Registration Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Housing
Enacted

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

Sponsor
R. White
Last action
2025-09-12
Official status
Official Law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the law expires 225 days after taking effect, but does not list specific dates for when it will expire in this excerpt.

Rental Housing Registration Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

This law temporarily extends the deadline for rental housing providers to register and requires some owners to report current and past rent amounts.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends the time limit from 90 days to 180 days, or from 91 days to 181 days in specific cases, for filing a new registration statement after the public rent control housing database is finished.
  • Requires owners of rental units exempt from rent stabilization to report their current monthly rent at the time of registration.
  • Requires those same owners to report the monthly rent charged for each unit during the two prior calendar years.
  • States that this new reporting is only required once at registration and does not create ongoing or annual reporting duties.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Housing providers who must file a new rental housing registration statement in Washington, D.C.
  • Owners of rental accommodations that are exempt from rent stabilization rules under the Rental Housing Act of 1985.

Terms To Know

Rental Housing Registration
The official process where housing providers file a statement to register their rental units with the government.
Rent Stabilization Exempt
A status for certain rental properties that are not subject to rules limiting how much rent can increase or be charged, as defined in Section 205(a) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This law is temporary and will expire exactly 225 days after it takes effect.
  • The specific start date depends on approval by the Mayor (or a veto override) and a required 30-day review period by Congress.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-12 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Law L26-0033, Effective from Aug 23, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 009572, Expires on Apr 05, 2026

  2. 2025-07-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Congress

  3. 2025-07-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0101 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 007684

  4. 2025-07-08 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  5. 2025-07-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0101

  6. 2025-06-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Jul 09, 2025

  7. 2025-06-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

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

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0273 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  9. 2025-06-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  10. 2025-06-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  11. 2025-05-29 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0273 Introduced by Councilmember R. White at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Rental Housing Registration Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL.

INTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
SULY 7, 2025
‘Toamend,onatemporarybasis,section205(f)oftheRentalHousingActof1985toextendthedeadlinefrom90daysto180daysforhousingproviderstofileanewregistrationstatementafterthecompletionofthepubliclyaccessiblerentcontrolhousingdatabase,andtorequireownersofrentalaccommodationsthatareexemptfromrentstabilizationtoreportcurrentandpriorrentamountsfortheprevious2calendaryearsatthetimeofregistration.
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthisactmaybecitedasthe“RentalHousingRegistrationExtensionTemporaryAmendmentActof2025”.
Sec.2.Section205(f)of the RentalHousing Act of 1985, effectiveJuly 17, 1985 (D.C.
Law6-10;D.C.OfficialCode§42-3502.05(0),isamendedasfollows:(a)Paragraph(1)isamendedbystrikingthenumber“90”andinsertingthenumber“180”initsplace.(b)Paragraph(2)isamendedbystrikingthenumber“90”andinsertingthenumber“180”initsplace.(©)Paragraph(4)isamendedasfollows:(1)Subparagraph(A)isamendedbystrikingthenumber“90”andinsertingthenumber“180”initsplace.(2)Subparagraph (B)(i)isamended by strikingthe number “91” and insertingthe
number“181”initsplace.(@)A newparagraph(5)isaddedtoreadasfollows:“(6)(A)Theownerofa rentalaccommodationthatisexemptfromrentstabilizationpursuanttosubsection(a)ofthissectionshall,atthetimeofregistration,providethefollowinginformationforeachrentalunit:“(i)Thecurrentmonthlyrentamount;and“Gi)Themonthlyrentamountchargedforthesameunitduringeachofthe2priorcalendaryears.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL.
“(B)Theinformationrequiredundersubparagraph(A)ofthisparagraphshallbesubmittedonlyatthetimeofregistrationandshallnotbesubjecttoanyongoingorannualreportingrequirements.”.
Sec.3.Fiscalimpactstatement.‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approved
October16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a).
Sec.4.Effectivedate.(a)ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda30-dayperiodofcongressional
reviewasprovidedinsection602(c)(1)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.813;D.C.OfficialCode§ 1-206.02(c)(1)).(b)Thisactshallexpireafter225daysofitshavingtakeneffect.
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DocketNo.826-0273

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[XJACTION FirstReading
DUVOTEDATE ‘June3,2025
[DqVOIcEVOTE ‘Approved
RECORDEDVOTEONREQUEST
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