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B26-0431 • 2025

Rodney Wright Basketball Court Designation Act of 2025

Rodney Wright Basketball Court Designation Act of 2025

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

Plain English Breakdown

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Rodney Wright Basketball Court Designation Act

This act officially names a basketball court at Marvin Gaye Recreation Center as the Rodney Wright Basketball Court.

What This Bill Does

  • Names the basketball court at Marvin Gaye Recreation Center in Washington, D.C., as the 'Rodney Wright Basketball Court'.
  • Requires that this designation be included in an approved budget and financial plan before it takes effect.
  • Specifies that the Chief Financial Officer must notify the Council's Budget Director when the fiscal impact is included in a budget.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who use Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
  • The District of Columbia government

Terms To Know

Fiscal Impact Statement
A statement that explains the financial effects of a bill.
Budget Director
An official who manages and oversees budget-related matters for an organization or government body.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact date when this act will take effect is not known until it is included in a budget and financial plan.
  • It is unclear what specific actions the District of Columbia government must take to implement this 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 B26-0431 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 B26-0431 by the Committee of the Whole

  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 B26-0431 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. 2025-10-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0431 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  11. 2025-10-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee of the Whole

  12. 2025-10-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0431 Introduced by Councilmember McDuffie at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Rodney Wright Basketball Court Designation Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
COMMITTEE PRINT 1
Committee of the Whole 2
May 19, 2025 3
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A BILL 5
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26-431 8
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
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To officially designate the basketball court at the Marvin Gaye Recreation Center, located at 61st 15
Street, NE, as the Rodney Wright Basketball Court. 16
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 18
act may be cited as the “Rodney Wright Basketball Court Designation Act of 2026”. 19
Sec. 2. Pursuant to sections 401 and 422 of the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition 20
Procedures Act of 1982, effective March 10, 1983 (D.C. Law 4-201; D.C. Official Code §§ 9-21
204.01, and 9-204.22), the Council designates the basketball court at the Marvin Gaye 22
Recreation Center, located at 61st Street, NE, as depicted in the plat in the committee report, as 23
the “Rodney Wright Basketball Court”. 24
Sec. 3. Applicability. 25
(a) This act shall apply upon the date of inclusion of its fiscal effect in an approved 26
budget and financial plan. 27
(b) The Chief Financial Officer shall certify the date of the inclusion of the fiscal effect in 28
an approved budget and financial plan, and provide notice to the Budget Director of the Council 29
of the certification. 30
(c)(1) The Budget Director shall cause the notice of the certification to be published in 31
the District of Columbia Register. 32
(2) The date of publication of the notice of the certification shall not affect the 33
applicability of this act. 34
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 35
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 36
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 37
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 38
Sec. 5. Effective date. 39
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 40
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 41
provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 42
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code §1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 43
Columbia Register. 44