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B26-0383 • 2025

Volunteer Services Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Volunteer Services Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Budget
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Pinto
Last action
2025-10-23
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the number of volunteers affected or their work, so these points were removed.

Clarifying Volunteer Services for the Attorney General

This act clarifies that the Attorney General of the District of Columbia can make rules about using volunteers.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes a part of the Volunteers Services Act from 1977 to include the Attorney General.
  • Gives the Attorney General authority to create regulations for volunteer use.
  • Requires a fiscal impact statement as needed by law.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Attorney General of the District of Columbia
  • Volunteers working with the Attorney General

Terms To Know

Fiscal Impact Statement
A report that explains how a new law might affect the budget.
Emergency Act
A temporary law that lasts for up to 90 days and is used when quick action is needed.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act only applies in the District of Columbia.
  • It does not specify how many volunteers will be affected or what kind of work they do.
  • This law expires after 90 days unless extended by further legislation.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0170, Expires on Jan 21, 2026

  2. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  3. 2025-10-15 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Oct 29, 2025

  4. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  5. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  6. 2025-10-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0383 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Volunteer Services Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
ACT 26-170

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
OCTOBER 23, 2025
Toamend,onanemergencybasis,duetocongressionalreview,theVolunteersServicesActof
1977toclarifythattheAttorneyGeneralfortheDistrictofColumbiahastheauthoritytopromulgateregulationsgoverningtheAttorneyGeneral’suseofvolunteers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
actmay be citedas the“VolunteerServicesClarificationCongressionalReview Emergency
Amendment Act of 2025”.
Sec,2.Section3 of theVolunteersServicesAct of 1977,effectiveJune 28, 1977 (D.C.
Law 2-12;D.C. OfficialCode § 1-319.02),isamended by strikingthephrase“Districtof
Columbia Board of Education”and insertingthephrase“Districtof Columbia Board of
Education,AttorneyGeneralfortheDistrictof Columbia,” initsplace.
Sec,3.Fiscalimpact statement.
The Counciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementof theBudget Directoras thefiscalimpact
statementrequiredby section4a of theGeneralLegislativeProceduresAct of 1975,approved.
October 16,2006 (120 Stat.2038; D.C. OfficialCode § 1-301.47a).
Sec,4,Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;D.C.OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).
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