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B26-0331 • 2025

Harmony Park Designation Act of 2025

Harmony Park Designation Act of 2025

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Sponsor
Pinto
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
Under Council Review
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Harmony Park Designation Act

This act officially designates a triangle park in Reservation 160 as Harmony Park.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates the triangle park in Reservation 160 as Harmony Park.
  • Requires the Chief Financial Officer to certify when the fiscal impact is included in an approved budget and financial plan.
  • Requires the Budget Director to publish a notice of certification in the District of Columbia Register.
  • Adopts the fiscal impact statement from the committee report.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The people who use or visit the park in Reservation 160.
  • Government officials responsible for budgeting and financial planning.

Terms To Know

Certification
A formal declaration that a certain condition has been met, such as including fiscal impact in an approved budget.
Fiscal Impact Statement
An official document that outlines the financial effects of a proposed law.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact date when the act will take effect is not known until it goes through all required steps.
  • It does not specify how Harmony Park will be managed or maintained after designation.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-28 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Report Filed by the Committee of the Whole

  2. 2026-05-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Mark-up of B26-0331 by the Committee of the Whole

  3. 2026-05-15 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Mark-up filed in the Office of Secretary

  4. 2026-05-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Mark-up of B26-0331 by the Committee of the Whole - Not Considered

  5. 2026-05-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  6. 2026-05-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Mark-up filed in the Office of Secretary

  7. 2026-01-13 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Public Hearing on B26-0331 View Public Hearing Record

  8. 2025-12-26 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register

  9. 2025-12-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary by Committee of the Whole

  10. 2025-09-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee of the Whole

  11. 2025-07-25 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0331 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  12. 2025-07-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0331 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Harmony Park Designation Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
COMMITTEE PRINT 1
Committee of the Whole 2
May 19, 2026 3
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A BILL 5
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26-331 8
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
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To officially designate the triangle park in Reservation 160 as Harmony Park. 15
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 17
act may be cited as the “Harmony Park Designation Act of 2026”. 18
Sec. 2. Pursuant to sections 401 and 422 of the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition 19
Procedures Act of 1982, effective March 10, 1983 (D.C. Law 4-201; D.C. Official Code §§ 9-20
204.01, and 9-204.22), the Council designates the triangle park in Reservation 160, as depicted 21
in the plat in the committee report, as “Harmony Park”. 22
Sec. 3. Applicability. 23
(a) This act shall apply upon the date of inclusion of its fiscal effect in an approved 24
budget and financial plan. 25
(b) The Chief Financial Officer shall certify the date of the inclusion of the fiscal effect in 26
an approved budget and financial plan, and provide notice to the Budget Director of the Council 27
of the certification. 28
(c)(1) The Budget Director shall cause the notice of the certification to be published in 29
the District of Columbia Register. 30
(2) The date of publication of the notice of the certification shall not affect the 31
applicability of this act. 32
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 33
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 34
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 35
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 36
Sec. 5. Effective date. 37
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 38
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 39
provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 40
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code §1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 41
Columbia Register. 42
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